Why is Firefox contacting the Department of Defense through an unknown plugin?

C:\Documents and Settings\Swerve>netstat -v -b -n
Active Connections
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State PID
TCP 26.36.110.133:4021 64.212.100.19:80 ESTABLISHED 2012
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
-- unknown component(s) --
[PSANHost.exe]
TCP 127.0.0.1:2973 127.0.0.1:2974 ESTABLISHED 5536
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nspr4.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll
[firefox.exe]
TCP 127.0.0.1:2974 127.0.0.1:2973 ESTABLISHED 5536
C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nspr4.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll
[firefox.exe]
TCP 127.0.0.1:2977 127.0.0.1:2978 ESTABLISHED 5536
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nspr4.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll
[firefox.exe]
TCP 127.0.0.1:2978 127.0.0.1:2977 ESTABLISHED 5536
C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nspr4.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll
[firefox.exe]
TCP 26.36.110.133:4020 184.24.130.151:80 CLOSE_WAIT 5536
C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nspr4.dll
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
-- unknown component(s) --
[firefox.exe]
You Searched for: 26.36.110.133
26.36.110.133
Record Type: IP Address
# Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be:
# "n 26.36.110.133"
# Use "?" to get help.
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=26.36.110.133?showDetails=true&showARIN=false
NetRange: 26.0.0.0 - 26.255.255.255
CIDR: 26.0.0.0/8
OriginAS:
NetName: DISANET26
NetHandle: NET-26-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 1995-05-01
Updated: 2009-06-19
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-26-0-0-0-1
OrgName: DoD Network Information Center
OrgId: DNIC
Address: 3990 E. Broad Street
City: Columbus
StateProv: OH
PostalCode: 43218
Country: US
RegDate:
Updated: 2010-08-25
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/DNIC
OrgTechHandle: REGIS10-ARIN
OrgTechName: Registration
OrgTechPhone: +1-800-365-3642
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/REGIS10-ARIN
OrgTechHandle: MIL-HSTMST-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network DoD
OrgTechPhone: +1-614-692-6337
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/MIL-HSTMST-ARIN

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