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News Groupie
September 28th 05, 05:57 PM
Unknown traffic on port 18104 is killing my net speed. How do I block
certain ports on my WinXP machine???

Jone Doe
September 28th 05, 06:57 PM
"News Groupie" > wrote in message
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> Unknown traffic on port 18104 is killing my net speed. How do I block
> certain ports on my WinXP machine???
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878

Rock
September 28th 05, 09:46 PM
News Groupie wrote:

> Unknown traffic on port 18104 is killing my net speed. How do I block
> certain ports on my WinXP machine???
>
>

Use a firewall and block that port. Have you done a thorough scan for
viruses and other malware?

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

News Groupie
September 28th 05, 10:28 PM
What about the firewall built into Windows?

"Rock" > wrote in message
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> News Groupie wrote:
>
>> Unknown traffic on port 18104 is killing my net speed. How do I block
>> certain ports on my WinXP machine???
>
> Use a firewall and block that port. Have you done a thorough scan for
> viruses and other malware?
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

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