the address 0.0.0.0 is there because i did the netstat -an thing when i wasnt connected to the internet.Anyways...your post was helpful but i want to close the ports..despite the fact that ZA monitors them,i'm anxious to close them.Could you tell me how do i do that?is there any port disabling tool for Win.98?if your answer is that to simply close the services that are using the ports...then could you tell me how do i find which services are using which ports and how to end those services?I downloaded ProcView but it only lists the processes that are running..doesn't show which ones are using the ports.