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What's Red Swoosh?

Started by wright3279 , Aug 25 2008 12:36 PM

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Posted 25 August 2008 - 12:36 PM

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I've recently noticed in the Exceptions menu of Windows Firewall in the Control Panel, 2 items named "Red Swoosh" and both are checked, meaning, I suppose, that the Firewall lets them through. I don't remember ever adding them. How did they get there? Harmful? Maybe they came with a Windows update?
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 02:27 PM

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Red Swoosh
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 03:07 PM

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Wikipedia link doesn't help me.
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 03:17 PM

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The link tells you that its a client side application from the Akami network. This is an application that was installed by itself or packaged with something else. The rules were more than likely automatically added during the install.
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