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Strange call to curl

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Contributed by: lylehm Thursday, March 09 2006 @ 08:35 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

Launching this application initiates a call to CURL, which then attempts to connect to: machelpmate.macworkshops.com and dsl092-133-142.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net. (courtesy of Little Snitch).

Bad or good is for you to decide.

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Strange call to curl - dean shavit

That's the application checking the integrity of the personalization information as well as for updates. Curl is the method used. Pretty standard stuff.

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Thursday, March 09 2006 @ 10:01 PM PST