On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:02:18 +0100, "Nick S" <staib@btinternet.com>
wrote:

>Hi - what typically would a message like this mean?
>
>WinXP
>Opera 7.10 (running)
>IE6 (running)
>
>"Someone from pD950E820.dip.t-dialin.net [217.80.232.32], port 4144
wants to
>connect to port 135 owned by 'Generic Host Process for Win32"

You didn't say if it was a TCP or UDP packet being sent to you. It
could be someone trying to send you messenger spam, and t-dialin seems
to be a haven for it. That said, it's also possible it was just some
background noise.

If you feel like it, you could make a report to abuse@t-dialin.net,
cc:ed to postmaster@t-dialin.net. Hopefully they'll put a sniffer on
it that user's account to see what he's up to. In any case, deny it.
And check out www.stopmessengerspam.com for instructions on how to
disable Windows Messenger in XP.

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