Why is iTunes trying to verify the identity of a server I've never heard of?

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Why is iTunes trying to verify the identity of a server I've never heard of?

I signed into my (Windows) desktop at home, that had been sitting locked & unused for several hours, to see this message (the server was something like "frogmusic.com", or something else with frog in the name and a '.com' TLD) on the screen. I had left iTunes open when I'd locked the computer, but I had only been listening to songs on the PC's drive, so as far as I know iTunes should not have been trying to connect to any server.

Should I be worried about this? And if so, what should I do about it?

Posted on Aug 21, 2021 5:09 PM

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Netzschalter Author

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Aug 22, 2021 3:18 AM in response to turingtest2

That seems pretty likely, I had a fair number of older podcast subcriptions. Thanks!

Yeah, I usually write it down or get a screen cap when I see an error message for the first time. Not sure why I closed it before thinking of that the other night. It was just the phrase in the title and the URL I only half-remember, though ("iTunes cannot verify the identity of the server '[domain goes here]'").

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turingtest2

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Aug 21, 2021 6:54 PM in response to Netzschalter

A possibility is an old podcast subscription trying to check for updates on a domain that has since changed hands. Try to capture the full error message next time.

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Why is iTunes trying to verify the identity of a server I've never heard of?

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