WARNING: Windows XP, without networking being installed, talkingto the internet !

[George]

Unplug the modem's connection to the Internet, no more unwanted traffic.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler at charter.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: WARNING: Windows XP, without networking being installed,
talkingto the internet !


> List,
>
> I don't want to belabor the point but I used "msconfig" command and
> turned off a bunch of "services" that startup at boot time and the
> blinking -stopped-. So, that means that it -was- talking to the internet
> and doing -something-.
>
> P.S. I've been in the IT business for over 24+ years (before getting
> laid off this last time)
>
> Regards
>
> Jonathan Finger wrote:
> > The blinking lights on your router simply mean that your router is
> > connected to the Internet.  If by router you mean cable modem or DSL
> > modem - if it's powered up it's connected to the Internet, and will be
> > sending/receiving packets.
> > If the lights on the back of your computer are blinking (at the
> > Ethernet/RJ-45 port) then your computer is sending/receiving packets.
> > Even this though, does not indicate that the traffic is Internet bound.
> >
> > It does phone home though, and worse than that - if you're not
> > protected by either a hardware or software firewall, other computers
> > are almost certainly communicating with yours.  This is the true
> > danger, not Microsoft's peering eye.  Though, that does feel a bit
> > like Sauron leering at you doesn't it?
> >
> > Jonathan Finger RPT
> >
>
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