prl_naptd attempts strange connections

I run Little Snitch on Snow Leopard. It's reporting prl_naptd is attempting to connect to domains and IP addresses located in Amsterdam. It seems suspicious to me. Little Snitch also reports prl_naptd connects to my mail server which I don't need it to do. First off - does anyone else see this sort of strange connection behaviour? I'm also curious if this amounts to some type of infection? I only use WinXP via Parallels for testing web development and for SQL management; I don't use it for general browsing. Has anyone experienced or know of an infection of some kind via Parallels? Any general thoughts about this? Thanks!

 

This can always depend, but I noticed the same thing. I hope this will be of help to others out there.

In my situation Little Snitch was asking for access to 195.222.17.38 & port 7024 UDP (vmsvc)

Now is you did a Whois search with the wrong database, it will show the netherlands as a server address, but as it is a European address I did one other quick search using the correct Whois database which is ripe.net

In my case it was Kaspersky which I use as my Windows Security Suite, and below is the Whois info for that Ip Address Request

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Whois has started ...

% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf

% Note: This output has been filtered.
% To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '195.222.17.32 - 195.222.17.63'

inetnum: 195.222.17.32 - 195.222.17.63
netname: EE-KASPERSKY-HOUSING
descr: Kaspersky Lab ZAO
descr: Geroev Panfilovtsev 10
descr: 125363 Moccow
country: EE
admin-c: SF1624-RIPE
tech-c: SF1624-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: AS3327-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

person: Sergey Fomin
address: System Administrator /Kaspersky Lab Ltd
address: 10, Geroyev Panfilovtsev Str.,
address: 123363, Moscow, Russia
phone: +7 495 797 87 00
phone: +7 495 797 87 07
fax-no: +7 495 797 87 00
nic-hdl: SF1624-RIPE
abuse-mailbox: abuse@kaspersky.com
mnt-by: MACOMNET-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '195.222.0.0/19AS3327'

route: 195.222.0.0/19
descr: Data Telecom, 195.222.0/19
origin: AS3327
mnt-by: AS3327-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered
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