Mac "spsecure" wants to connet to external IP

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Published on 2009-08-06T21:36:11Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 4:13 UTC
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Anybody know what this "spsecure" program is that's installed on my mac?

Location /usr/local/sps/spsecure

Is it a legitimate program, or is it spyware?

Would this question be better asked at serverfault?

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