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Why does Opera connect to the net when it starts, my homepage is set to opera:about ?
Hi All, as the header, my home page is set to opera:about.so why does my firewall continually notify me that opera is trying to connect to the internet upon startup?
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Originally posted by prd3:
Log the network traffic yourself, and find out.
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oh and i am out of here , so any responses wilol fall on deaf ears
cheers
Although not very helpful, it's a valid option. If your firewall is incapable of telling you what your connections are doing, then (assuming you are on Windows) you can use <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f">Network Monitor</a>, or much more simple <a href="http://www.devicelock.com/freeware.html">Active Ports</a> (among other tools you already have, like for instance <i>cmd.exe netstat -an</i>, tracert, etc)...
If the destination seems odd, or if the port is foreign (ie: not 21, 80, 993, 995, etc)... Google them.
But most likely Opera is doing one of 3 things at start-up, regardless of start-page:
1. Checking to see if it <i>can</i> connect to any sort of network.
2. Checking for updates. (if enabled)
3. Checking mail/RSS (if any)
If the destination seems odd, or if the port is foreign (ie: not 21, 80, 993, 995, etc)... Google them.
But most likely Opera is doing one of 3 things at start-up, regardless of start-page:
1. Checking to see if it <i>can</i> connect to any sort of network.
2. Checking for updates. (if enabled)
3. Checking mail/RSS (if any)
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