docrice
join:2008-03-31
Fremont, CA
| reply to Crookfingerjake
Re: Why is my PC scanning ports?
Vista itself may send out some traffic (such as the occasional Teredo lookup to Microsoft's servers if you have IPv6 enabled in your stack), etc.. That said, even if you have those anti-(misc) apps on your machine, those rely on signatures. Lots of stuff out there that doesn't get picked up by these apps.
Sniff the traffic on your interface and see what happens.
Alternately, if your campus has an open network, it might be possible that while your machine is idling, someone spoofed your MAC address and is performing port scans "on your behalf," so to speak.
You could also use something more simple like TCPView to see which apps are opening and closing connections locally on your machine. |
