Hi everyone
I have XP Pro SP2, along with ADSL>Router>wireless or wired connection. I thought that I had disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP for the ethernet and wireless connections. I ran netstat -an and was surprised to see port 445 mentioned. It was under Local Address and it reads "0.0.0.0:445 Listening" the corresponding Foreign Address is "0.0.0.0:0". Port 445 is not mentioned under Foreign Address. Is there something wrong here? I've tried re-enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP for both connections, rebooting, disabling both and rebooting but the entry is still there in the Local Address column. Is this *really* disabled. I disabled it by going to TCP/IP for each connection>Properties>Advanced.
I think that Port 445 is also used by Nimda, but my AV is fully up to date and clean.
I'm confused and want my system to be secure.
I have XP Pro SP2, along with ADSL>Router>wireless or wired connection. I thought that I had disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP for the ethernet and wireless connections. I ran netstat -an and was surprised to see port 445 mentioned. It was under Local Address and it reads "0.0.0.0:445 Listening" the corresponding Foreign Address is "0.0.0.0:0". Port 445 is not mentioned under Foreign Address. Is there something wrong here? I've tried re-enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP for both connections, rebooting, disabling both and rebooting but the entry is still there in the Local Address column. Is this *really* disabled. I disabled it by going to TCP/IP for each connection>Properties>Advanced.
I think that Port 445 is also used by Nimda, but my AV is fully up to date and clean.
I'm confused and want my system to be secure.