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Posted by News Groupie on September 28th, 2005


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


Posted by Jone Doe on September 28th, 2005



"News Groupie" <newsgroupie@newsgroups.com> 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


Posted by Rock on September 28th, 2005


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

Posted by News Groupie on September 28th, 2005


What about the firewall built into Windows?

"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> 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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