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What is beacon.dropbox.com?

Hi. Can someone tell me what beacon.dropbox.com is? My virus checker keeps blocking it with the following message:

"chrome.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an unmatching security certificate to beacon.dropbox.com. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since the used certificate was issued for a different web address than the targeted one"

I could not find anything about it and, wanted to know if this is something I should/can safely add this to my exceptions.

Many thanks

Cindy

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Lusil

Thanks for getting back to me, @CARoberts.

In general, all Dropbox content should originate from one of the following domains and, from what I understand, this also includes the URL you provided. As such, you should be able to whitelisted so that you don't get a prompt from your security app.

Hope this helps!

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Lusil

Hello @CARoberts, thanks for posting your question on the Dropbox Community.

It sounds like you can add it to the exception list, however, just to make sure I have a clear understanding of your concern, could you clarify exactly when you get this message?

Is it when you try to navigate to the website directly from a web browser or via the desktop app?

Keep me posted!

CARoberts

Hi Lusil

I am using Dropbox through a web browser. It seems to appear when I am accessing via on a public wifi. I can still get into Dropbox, which is why I was curious as to what it is doing or what it is for.

I hope that helps. I will wait to hear from you before I add it to my exceptions.

Thanks

Cindy

Lusil

Thanks for getting back to me, @CARoberts.

Hope this helps!

CARoberts

Thanks for your help. Much appreciated. Cindy