Hmmm... According to an onlne search, there doesn't seem to be a Windows
equivalent to Little Snitch, although the description of Comodo firewall
certainly seems to fit the description.
I looked into the Windows Firewall and found that the security logging was
turned off, so I enabled it and then waited for some internet activity. Seems
that the laptop is connecting to and disconnecting from a "reverse DNS" site
called "popsite.net" (205.232.250.175), a reverse DNS for dial-up equipment,
which is looking at my webmail connection (207.69.189.109), which seems pretty
harmless. I'll have to use this tomorrow around noon when I see the background
activity taking place.
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>I use Macs, so I have never tried Comodo. There is a similar piece of
>software for Mac called Little Snitch that I have used for years. Anytime
>anything tries to connect to the internet, it pops up a message informing
>me, and asking if I want to allow or block the connection. Allowing and
>blocking can be set to Œforever¹ or to Œjust once.¹ It works very well.
>
Chris
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