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XP service using SMTP/POP3?
Posted: 2006-02-16 01:02am
by BloodAngel
For some reason, when I portscan myself, I see my computer listening to ports 25 and 110. Are there any native XP services that use these? I tried telnetting to them, and just get a blank response and am immediately disconnected. HijackThis isn't revealing much, either, besides native IBM programs...
Posted: 2006-02-16 01:19am
by Xon
System Internals to the rescue!
TcpView will tell you which applications are listening on what ports.
BTW, if you have Windows Sp2 firewall enabled it doesnt matter a bit which ports are open as long as the firewall does not have an exception for that port & application.
I blame what ever POS ibm application you have running.
Posted: 2006-02-16 01:29am
by BloodAngel
Okay, weird...I tried using TcpView, and nothing shows up that uses either of the two. Yet when I portscan myself, 25 and 110 are still shown as being open.
I have ZoneAlarm installed, and even it hasn't reported any oddities; all the programs that need the Internet are either my browser, Windows components, or games...