i believe something is wrong here. iam using winxp pro,proxomitron,Zone alarm(at the highest settings),using xp firewall too. (even that is contraindicated). there are too many listening ports here ...

Open ports can expose your business's computer or network to security breaches. Discovering and closing open ports is essential for keeping your network safe. You can identify open ports on a Windows ...

How do you test to see if on a computer running Windows 2K has certain ports open for UDP? Netstat -a for all UDP ports returns *:*. It doesn't say if it is listening.

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