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svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Name: junkyfungus
Date: March 27, 2007 at 14:54:01 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?
OS: Windows XP SP2
CPU/Ram: AMD Sempron / 1.5 g
Model/Manufacturer: Compaq Presarion SR1200NX

Comment:

In the last few days my DSL connection speed has considerably slowed down. I find myself repairning my connection often.
I have noticed 16 different UDP ports open that never were before. Ports like 55237, 24523 and such. They all say svchost.
Any suggestions as to what this might be.
Thanks in advance
My mother always said there were no stupid questions, only really stupid people – It took me a long time to figure out she was talking about me.

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Response Number 1

Name: XpUser
Date: March 27, 2007 at 14:56:57 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

Reply: (edit)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056
Read the "more info" paragraph given in the above.
i_XpUser

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Response Number 2

Name: junkyfungus
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:14:45 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Thanks but when I tried the tasklist it told me it wasn't recognized. Any other suggestions
My mother always said there were no stupid questions, only really stupid people – It took me a long time to figure out she was talking about me.

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Response Number 3

Name: Derek
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:15:09 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Re #1. Written around XP Pro it seems. Got the same on my XP Home SP2.
Might be worth running this freebie while waiting for further advice:
A-SQUARED FREE - JUST DOWN PAGE
DerekW

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Response Number 4

Name: junkyfungus
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:17:51 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Most likely. I'm wondering if I got a spambot? My connection has like totally sucked for several days.
My mother always said there were no stupid questions, only really stupid people – It took me a long time to figure out she was talking about me.

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Response Number 5

Name: Derek
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:20:15 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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... we overlapped. See my edited #3.
DerekW

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Closing Ports Opened by Trojans svchost.exe holding port 5000 open Norton opening tons of ports port 1025 open Safe to Open Router Ports?	Open Ports on my Computer HTTP port always open. Why ? Ping Port Open, how to close it ? All about trojans Malware opening IE windows

Response Number 6

Name: XpUser
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:22:14 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Ops - for XP Home download & install tasklist utility from this page.
i_XpUser

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Response Number 7

Name: junkyfungus
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:30:32 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Thanks XpUser. Does it matter that I disabled all those ports in the network properties/settings? Should I turn them back on to use that tool?
My mother always said there were no stupid questions, only really stupid people – It took me a long time to figure out she was talking about me.

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Response Number 8

Name: XpUser
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:40:23 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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I won't play Russian roulette with genuine svchost processes because doing so will cause Windows to behave too unpredictible.
i_XpUser

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Response Number 9

Name: junkyfungus
Date: March 27, 2007 at 15:49:01 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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OK thanks, my next question is when I run this program it lists but then immedietly shuts down. Any suggestions?
My mother always said there were no stupid questions, only really stupid people – It took me a long time to figure out she was talking about me.

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Response Number 10

Name: junkyfungus
Date: March 27, 2007 at 19:31:01 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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It seems my bandwith has severly slowed to a trickle. Something is hogging it up. Any suggestions what it could be?
My mother always said there were no stupid questions, only really stupid people – It took me a long time to figure out she was talking about me.

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Response Number 11

Name: Derek
Date: March 27, 2007 at 19:59:30 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Did you try A SQUARED?
DerekW

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Response Number 12

Name: junkyfungus
Date: April 1, 2007 at 14:22:31 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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yeah nothing there... I think I fixed it anyway! My crapy ISP faile to notify anyone of their downtime. That's what I get for living in sh*** TN
My mother always said there were no stupid questions, only really stupid people – It took me a long time to figure out she was talking about me.

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Response Number 13

Name: Derek
Date: April 1, 2007 at 14:50:34 Pacific
Subject: svchost 16 strange ports open?

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Sh*** agreed LOL. Yeah, I've been caught out that way myself too. Thx for update.
DerekW

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