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MxxCon · 03-31-2005, 01:23 AM

false alarm.
you will get such messages with any ftp client.
ftp protocol works by creating connections for data transfers on random ports. sometimes those ports are the same numbers as some worms use. so your stupid firewall thinks it's a worm..without actually looking at what it is.

03-31-2005, 01:23 AM
MxxCon Super Duper Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 3,881	false alarm. you will get such messages with any ftp client. ftp protocol works by creating connections for data transfers on random ports. sometimes those ports are the same numbers as some worms use. so your stupid firewall thinks it's a worm..without actually looking at what it is. __________________ [Sig removed by Administrator: Signature can not exceed 20GB]