Who is mow81-002.ff.avast.com? Russia?

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I see in my logs that my machine is connecting to mow81-002.ff.avast.com over ports 443 and 53.

When I look up that name, it resides in Russia. Why would Avast reach out to Russia?

Is this malware posing as Avast?

Thanks

2

Are you using avast secureline ?

3

No, not using Secure Line, it’s not activated.

4

any takers?

5

avast is using servers all over the world, so why not in Russia.
avast does have it’s own servers, but also uses servers from others.
All checks show it is a legitimate avast server, so don’t worry about it.