I noticed that my pc is exchanging packets with Facebook. I don't have a Facebook account, and I haven't even visited their website. Why is this happening? asked 21 Nov '10, 13:15  RW15 |
One Answer:
As has been mentioned in the comments above, there are more than a few applications/plugins/webpages that will talk to Facebook (or other sites) without your knowledge. There are utilities that will tell you which application is "behind" your TCP/IP connections: 1) If you're running Windows, the TCPView utility (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx) will show you all your TCP/IP connections AND identify the process/application that controls each connection. 2) If you're in the Linux world, netactview (http://netactview.sourceforge.net/) will provide the same information, including the "owning" process/application. I expect that the connections will trace back to your web browser...but these tools will confirm it. answered 22 Nov '10, 10:35  wesmorgan1 edited 22 Nov '10, 10:35 Thank you! (27 Nov '10, 17:11) RW15 |
Are you sure you don't have some toolbar or other add-in's that checks in with Facebook?
Were you surfing at the time of the capture? A disturbingly large number of web sites are now attempting to associate you with your facebook account for marketing reasons. I know that Lowes.com does it, and a boatload of others.