Hello, on my android I have nothing to do with facebook so why is avast AMS connecting with it?!
Connection:
edge-star-shv-07-frc3.facebook.com (66.220.158.19) https
Hello, on my android I have nothing to do with facebook so why is avast AMS connecting with it?!
Connection:
edge-star-shv-07-frc3.facebook.com (66.220.158.19) https
Same here!
We need to know why Avast on Android is connecting to Facebook without letting the user know.
What are these “Facebook Edge Servers” anyway? CDNs or something like the Amazon Web Services?
Shouldn’t be a problem for Avast to clarify.
Thanks in advance
Hi,
do you happen to have the new, redesigned version of AMS?
Filip
Thanks for your reply!
Well, I think so… it’s version 4.0.8139 from the Google Play Store from 10/20/2015.
Despite I just renewed the yearly subscribtion there’s no newer version available for me on my LG G2 or Samsung Galaxy Note 8!
Which might be version 5.0 as I can read in the comments now :o …or is version 5.0 of AMS only available for Android 5 und above (lollipop)?
Hi,
no, it’s only available to users inside beta and a handful of users on Google Play. Trust me, you would know you have AMS5 as it looks completely different than AMS4. I think I know why it’s connecting in AMS5, but am not sure about the previous versions, sorry. We’ll be rolling out AMS5 to more and more users, so I suggest we wait until you get the update and then talk again if it’s still connecting there
Filip
No, I’m using the old (professional) AMS version = 4.0.8139 from the Google Play Store.
The newest version is the worst I’ve ever seen (firewall config section missing etc.).
Can’t help you in that case, sorry. I honestly don’t know why AMS4 would be connecting to Facebook without you initiating it (Facebook SDK is there so you can connect to your Avast Account via Facebook so maybe they are doing something on their own).
Filip
So I decided to block all these unwanted connections in host file:
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-01-ams3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-01-arn2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-01-fra3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-01-lga3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-01-mia1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-01-ord1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-04-prn2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-12-frc1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-12-frc3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-17-prn1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-ams2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-arn2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-ash5.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-atl1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-bru2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-dfw1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-fra3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-frt3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-hkg3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-iad3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-kul1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-lax1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-lax3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-lga1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-lhr3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-mia1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-mxp1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-ord1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-sin1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-sjc2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-syd1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-tpe1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-vie1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-waw1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-02-ord1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-03-ash5.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-03-atn1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-03-frc1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-03-lga1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-03-ord1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-03-prn2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-04-lga1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-04-ord1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-04-prn2.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-05-lax1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-06-lax1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-06-lla1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-06-prn1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-07-ash4.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-07-frc3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-07-mia1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-09-frc1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-09-iad1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-09-ord1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-10-dfw1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-10-iad1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-10-mia1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-10-ord1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-12-frc1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-12-frc3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-12-iad1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-12-prn1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-13-atn1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-13-frc1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-17-prn1.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-star-shv-01-ams3.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 edge-liverail-shv-11-ams2.facebook.com
…maybe + ipv6 form too
Zásadní poznámka:
hosts file (lokalizován: /system/etc/hosts) avast (potažmo apka se SU právama) ignoruje, takže je potřeba ve firewallu nastavit custom rules, aby bylo spojení na facebook skutečně blokováno.
Při té příležitosti jsem zjistil, že avast verze 4.x neumí pořádně počítat vlastní pravidla a končí u čísla 10 Asi vývojáři nepočítali, že custom rules někdo použije…
Každopádně firewall funguje úplně super. Chlapi, dobrá práce!!
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