installing new wordpress initiates spyware

  • i just installed a local version of wp. I have a firewall on my server, and after the install, when i tried to access the site, the firewall poped up and warned that my apache tried to access this ip address: 72.233.56.138 Looking it up, it belongs to LAYERED TECHNOLOGIES INC in Plano, TX. What it tried to send there, I don’t know, but perhaps someone should look into this, and everyone should think about it before installing this thing.

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  • I do not believe that this is spyware, but more than likely your wordpress installation was accessing www.ads-software.com which is hosted on the IP address 72.233.56.138.

    If you think about your wordpress installation though local will still access www.ads-software.com for blog updates in the dashboard as well as finding new plugins and themes. This okay and there is no spyware involved.

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