Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Carey Fisher wrote:
>   
>> Just using the router for a firewall.  
>>     
>
> One reason for using a local firewall is to have better control over the
> outgoing connections from your machine.
>
>   
I do have the XP firewall turned on but no third party ones.  And 
Wallwatcher has never reported a blocked outbound connection... 
hmmmm...blocked....
what about the ones that are not blocked...
>> I've scanned it from outside and no ports are open except VNC & SKYPE. 
>>     
>
> What ports do you open for Skype? I use it, and never opened any ports for
> it.
>
>   
>> Also, I've set the DHCP on the DSL Modem to reset every hour.
>>     
>
> Which doesn't help if you have a trojan on your machine...
>
> I'm not sure whether this is too obvious, but do you know all processes
> that run on your machine?
>   

I have looked at the process list and looked up ones I didn't recognize 
- nothing funny there.

Oh - another clue - never happens when I'm logged out of XP and never 
happens when I disable the network connection on the machine.  I also 
don't normally run with Admin privileges.

> Gerhard
>   
Carey
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