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I run windows XP Pro with windows firewall. I am NOT using a router.
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Xp has a messenger service that runs in the background (this is not releated to the "windows instant messenger").
Have you you disabled it?? If not, go into control panel,admin tools,....
A window pops up with a large listing of internal programs that may/may not be running. scroll down the list to you get to messenger, right click and choose properties, set it as disabled and apply. If it is running then click on stop.
After you have done all this restart your machine.
Xp firewall is not the greatest of them all, try d/loading zonealarm (it's free) and install that.
Once you have done all that try netstat again and see if it made any difference.
If you wanted you could just reformat your machine and reinstall XP, do netstat after each time you install something.
When you installed spybot did you go into the settings and made sure that everything was classed as " don't ignore "
Spybot does have 3rd party spyware in it...it warns you not to disable it when youi 1st start useing spybot as it may affect the running of it. Well i've right clicked on all the tabs in the ignore section and clciked unselect all.
Chris