charlie98

Q: webkit and bet365 dot com

Using Little Snitch I have disabled access to the bet365 website. The little snitch message is

 

Safari via com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.xpc tried to establish a connection to prem-pt2.bet365.com on port 843

 

I have no idea what com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.xpc is.

 

Any thoughts on how legitimate or otherwise com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.xpc is would be appreciated

 

El Capitan 10.11.2, Safari Version 9.0.2 (11601.3.9)

Posted on Dec 12, 2015 6:09 AM

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  • by judysings,

    judysings judysings Dec 13, 2015 2:21 PM in response to charlie98
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    Dec 13, 2015 2:21 PM in response to charlie98

    Hi charlie98,

     

     

    I understand that you're concerned about a process that's being reported as trying to open a connection on your Mac. The process that's being referred to here is a component of WebKit, which is the underpinning technology behind Safari. As the com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.xpc process is a component of Safari, it is entirely normal that this component would attempt to open connections to websites that you may try to visit.

     

     

    If you're seeing this message without attempting to visit a particular site, it may be that you have the site in your favorites, in your top sites, or as a result of an extension installed in Safari.

    Safari 9 (El Capitan): View Favorites and Top Sites
    https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21460

    Install and manage Safari extensions on your Mac
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203051

     

     

    Cheers!

  • by charlie98,

    charlie98 charlie98 Dec 13, 2015 2:41 PM in response to judysings
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    Dec 13, 2015 2:41 PM in response to judysings

    Thank you for the reply.

     

    There must be an extension somewhere that references this website. I didn't know the site existed and to the best of my knowledge have never seen the site before. Discovering what is actually creating the window is an issue although I do have a solution.

     

    I use Little Snitch and have now created a rule that will ask for permission to access the website. I've set the rule to "ask" so of if I somehow manage to use whatever is attempting to access the website I will immediately discover what program it is, knock on wood, and take appropriate action.

     

    Glad I discovered this Little Snitch feature. I've used the program to block incoming before and will now use it to block outgoing as well.

     

    thanks again.

  • by Allen A,

    Allen A Allen A Dec 14, 2015 6:25 AM in response to charlie98
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    Dec 14, 2015 6:25 AM in response to charlie98

    charlie98,

     

    Glad that we could help!

     

    All my best.