Port 135?

Thanks for the article MsMittens. I will try to stop this port on my system.

I know its been said before but I would get a firewall. Not having one is not a good idea. Yea read up and maybe close that port on your own but still get a firewall

I already stated that i have a firewall.




Thanks for all the information Guys/Girls you really helped me out here and i appreciate it.

Do this on XP Pro:

START -> RUN -> dcomcnfg.exe

Click on Component Services, then right click on My Computer.
Choose Properties
Choose the Default properties tab
Take the check out of: Enable Distributed COM on this computer.

You're all set!

I use a nice little program called TCPView 2.3 from www.sysinternals.com. It maps out the service keeping the ports open and svchost.exe is behind 135.

Putting up a FW seems to be the logical way to help combat this. I use Proport.exe (tdupage.com) and it would tell me a host of "listening" sites and a couple of ports that were established.
i messed up my comp to the point of formatting the C: drive and have since reinstalled everything and using the FW (I use ZA free) and not seen any more "listening" ports though i get scanned a lot.