Nero 6.3.0 trying to call home?

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thorz

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I have just installed the last Nero 6.3.0 and I was sorprised to see that right after I started the program I got an alert from ZAPro telling that Nero as trying to access the net: IP: 255.255.255.255, port: 5000. This is the universall broadcast address if I bad not remember.

What is Nero trying to do? Has anyone seen this behavor too?
 
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scarecrow

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Just allow that... this is the standard subnet mask address. You might get suspicious about programs that try to communicate thru loopback (127.0.0.1), but 255.255.255.X is the default subnet mask for any program that uses NET extensions. A plain Nero version should not bother finding somenthing in there, but an Enterprise version, or a NeroNet one (purchased or not... :rolleyes: ) would ping in there right after installation.
 
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LTR12101B

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Port 5000, I believe, is UPNP.

Unrelated to that. Smartstart IS capable of making an update check - though I'd turn that off and check for updates when I say so.
 
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LTR12101B

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Well, I finally installed mine, and get the same connections - MAY be coincidence, but appears to be triggered by certain menu actions (particularly preferences - EXPERT settings).

Other opinions - seems a little slower to respond than Nero 5.5, and I'm not sure if I like Smartstart or not
 
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scarecrow

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LTR12101B said:
seems a little slower to respond than Nero 5.5,
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In fact: WAY slower/more sluggish... but almost tolerable- especially since the last 6.3.0.0 update works pretty well.

LTR12101B said:
and I'm not sure if I like Smartstart or not
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Why should you like it? It sucks %ss... :D
 
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LTR12101B

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One other report on Nero6 - as I tune my firewall rules....

I updated the antivirus (the one that can be uses to check the files before burning), and it's DRWEB - with current updates.

Not the most useful place for an AV, as it would be better to check files LONG before you consider burning them, but if your main AV is not DRWEB, it's a reasonable crosscheck. The updates are frequent so probably best to update on any day that you intend to virus check files before burning.

DrWEB is a pretty good AV engine - it's scored hits where others have missed
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?drweb.xml
The VB100 history is mixed, 14 pass, 14 fail

Compare with AVG
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?avg.xml
Only 3 passes, but two of them recent and consecutive - is that during the current and more freequent "micro-updates"?

And Avast
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?avist.xml
Historically fared better than AVG, but lost out this time

In fact, the last test had a very high pass rate
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/tests.xml?200311
It's not specified if the fail was for a miss, or a false positive - either is a fail
 
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