The windows firewall has detected an application listening for incoming

The failure, "The Windows Firewall has detected an application listening for incoming traffic. Each application listens on 3 consecutive ports ie. At each interval, the ports will change but the process follows the same "3 consecutive" model. I've contacted my service provider, and while they can't explain it, they assure me I have nothing to worry about. I'm trying to determine if I should take the provider's advice and not worry about it, or go with my gut and contact a security expert for a resolution.

Thank you. Rich Rumble. Most Points The Distinguished Expert awards are presented to the top veteran and rookie experts to earn the most points in the top 50 topics. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off?

Submit ». Alex This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Wayne Dec 1, at UTC. No it does not. And my test system is not joind to a domain.

PID svchost. The lsass. For more information, please refer to the link. You may run an online scan to make sure your computer is free from virus and spyware. A fast way to check for viruses is to use an online scanner, such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner. The scanner is a free online service that helps you identify and remove viruses, clean up your hard disk, and generally improve your computer's performance.

To run the Microsoft Safety Scanner:. Go to the Microsoft Safety Scanner webpage to download the scanner. Click Download Now , and then follow the instructions on the screen. Anyway, I have helped to discuss this issue with the firewall team. Based on their feedback, we need to enable firewall logging so that firewall activities will be logged into pfirewall. Delighting our customers is our 1 priority. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. I enabled pfirewall.

It did not create the log file! I put the netsh commands you suggested in a batch file and redirected the output to a file. Below is the output.

Thanks, Paul. Instances of this are logged regularly every few minutes, sometimes in clusters at seemingly random intervals and for seemingly random ports. All this when the machine is theoretically idle waiting for me to debug it : pfirewall. Today, for some reason, it is successfully launching the server process non-interactively on the server in question. This is despite the firewall activity.

Is there something sporadic going on here? Yet today, it is consistently working with the Windows Firewall service enabled. Sorry for the late response, I took sick leave at home yesterday. I am not sure if I have understood you completely. Do you mean that the problem suddenly go away mystically? I get this question because I see you replied with "Yet today, it is consistently working with. Do you still need any help on this issue?