PeerGuardian constantly blocks Declude Inc. only for me

I don't see anyone on google who has asked this question ever but I'm amazed if I'm being targeted by anyone.

I try to use "netstat -ban" to view connections to and from my WinXP PC but netstat gives only one quick snapshot in time so it misses a lot.

In searching for a program which will log all the "connections" to/from my computer, I found on SourceForge freeware called the "PeerGuardian2" firewall for Windows XP (FAQ

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Instantly after installing PeerGuardian, I was shocked at what I see connecting to/from my computer! But one entry in particular frustrates me.

Can you help me ascertain who or what is connecting to me?

Most of the connections, when I look them up, have been reported before in the usenet newsgroups but one.

The one that doesn't seem to have a google record is the google search: "PeerGuardian Declude, Inc."

Specifically, PeerGuardian constantly logs hits such as: Time: Range: Source: Destination: Protocol: Action:

15:23:12 Declude, Inc 192.168.1.2:3866 70.87.188.180:80 TCP Blocked 15:23:12 Declude, Inc 192.168.1.2:3872 70.87.188.180:80 TCP Blocked 15:23:12 Declude, Inc 192.168.1.2:3887 70.87.188.180:80 TCP Blocked etc.

Two things initially puzzle me. The first is these seem to be OUTGOING connections but I didn't ask to connect to anything (I tested it right after a reboot with nothing running overtly and no web pages up). The second is that Declude, Inc. appears to sell email security software but I didn't order any email security software (News at

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Why am I the only one trying to google for "Declude Inc" TCP:80 attacks?

donnie

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Posted 5 years ago by donnie in Networking Firewalls

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