Q: Unwanted network connections.

There is no installer, it's an app. Period.

Please provide proof of other junk inside Rubbernet.

EasyFind can't find any reference whatsoever to the words words yahoo or mackeeper inside the app, even when searching file contents and package contents.

It's running just fine on my computer although its daemon has disconnected from monitoring the network occasionally (it just happened again).

Looks like it's not stable enough to stay connected all the time.

When it disconnects you just have to hit the Connect button to reconnect.

Your short link http://goo.gl/QpIayO goes to…

http://www.mac-torrents.com/torrents.php?mode=details&id=a603626b64d48040e9650e8 db5a8df0b630c023f

The huge download button pulls in an installer, try it.

DON'T CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON!

Click above it on the app's name to download a torrent file (you'll need a torrent client).

Sorry, didn't think about explaining how to download it since I've used that site before and know how it works.

I made it easier, here's a link to download the app directly from a hosting site where I uploaded it. http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=67652173436658543657

The big green button that says Rubbernet Download!

Yep, I realise it is a scammy site & I was duped! You trust it, more than Apple?

I don't need to test Rubbernet I tried it a while ago. I was more concerned with the download link & the chance others would click through & get pwned

Good luck with it.

"The Sparkle.framework vulnerability gives "apps" which don't use HTTPS or the Mac protocol's a VERY easy way to run a MITM attack which than can allow you to run RCE. Try to always use "apps" you need to drag into your /Applications/ folder."

What has that got to do with the topic of this discussion, which is Unwanted network connections?

Rubbernet IS an app, I already said that - it has NO installer.

I don't know what the green button tries to give you because I don't use it.

People aren't going to stop using package installers like ALL of Adobe's apps just because of the Sparkle vulnerability (which has already been addressed in a lot of updated apps).

GreenMamba wrote:

 

"This helped me."

 

I can't click it, but it did.

Thanks, I wasn't sure it you'd take it how it was intended.

I think there is a limit to the 'this helped me' button.

An extraordinarily unhelpful response, Grant.  Especially from what one assumes is an experienced user (Level 9). 

The question -- how does one turn off unwanted and invisible processes that regularly reach out to the internet without specifically needing the access -- is a good question, and the concern is shared widely among Mac users.

I've owned Macs since 1985, and am increasingly frustrated with the OS, which sacrifices enormous control and privacy for the sake of convenience and marketing. 

Is there an effective way to regain control of the Mac's interaction with the internet?  I don't think so.

I believe you could create a rule for Any Process in Little Snitch to deny all outgoing connections. But then you'd have no access to the Internet or email.

LS is supposed to check for Deny rules before Allow rules, so that should stop all outgoing connections even if the default system rules are still are enabled.

It may be time-consuming, but the best way is probably to create individual Deny rules for each process you want to block, which is rather easily done from the LS Network Monitor window: Right-click a connection and select Create Rule...

You could always disable your network in System Preferences before rebooting, or unplug your Ethernet cable if connected via Ethernet.

But doing either of those will allow processes to start calling out again once the connection has been restored.

There's no way to stop many of the system processes from trying to call out, so the only option is to block them.

I read it but am not concerned - I'm not gonna stop using 1Password unless an exploit becomes known.

I've got bigger things to worry about.

THANK YOU GreenMamba and OregonRebel for bringing up this important topic! I realize I'm late joining the conversation but I just came across it. I use a Macbook Pro with Yosemite for recording music, and these unwanted connections became a real issue during a session where a great take by a client was ruined by a glitch that turned out to be gamed making thousands of connections. I turned off the Wi-Fi altogether but noticed that gamed kept trying to connect, although not as many times as before. Even after I blocked it with Little Snitch it kept trying. I was finally able to disable it entirely since I never use that machine for games, but when I heard that it was considered a part of the "core" of 10.11 I decided against upgrading.

I also had to block photolibrary because I never use it, or anything on iCloud at all.

I would just like simple options in, say, the Control Panel, to turn off games, iCloud, and anything else that wants to connect that is not strictly necessary without my consent (i.e. I have no problem with the system, anti-virus, or LS for example, auto-updating).

I know a lot of my Mac-using friends feel the same way, and we figured what's the point in complaining, but maybe if enough of us do, things might change ... a bit. I can dream.

Thanks for the thread.