When I start up Chrome, "netstat -taupen" shows 92.242.140.21 connecting to a random port number, usually above 20,000. The IP is from the UK and is tied to Barefruit Ltd. Exactly what is connecting this IP to my computer when I use Chrome? If it has something to do with the ISP, I use Verizon.

Here is the terminal shows

Local Address Foreign Address State User Inode PID/Program Name
192.168.1.3:33883 92.242.140.21:80 TIME_WAIT 0 0 -

Also

Local Address Foreign Address State User Inode PID/Program Name
192.168.1.3:33881 92.242.140.21:80 TIME_WAIT 0 0 -

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1 Answer

A small search will reveal that this IP belongs to Barefruit Ltd.

From Wikipedia:

Barefruit works with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and major portals to use a range of software solutions which modify the ISPs DNS service such as the BIND software and also a specialist proxy solution known as a "Frootbox" to capture the errors and redirect its clients to navigation pages that may contain sponsored listings and algorithmic results. If a user clicks on a sponsored link, Barefruit and the ISP share the revenue.

So you can chillax - these guys work with your Internet Service Provider.

If you still don't feel happy about these guys, set up a firewall and use iptables to block one ip or a group

Best of luck !

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