I installed Spybot S&D 2 on Windows XP Pro OS connected to my typical home network. I use a couple of other programs to monitor network connections, programs like netstat, Process Explorer, etc. These programs allow me to see all the TCP and UDP connections being made on my local machine. Now, since installing S&D 2, I can observer the S&D program appearing to interact with "every" single port on my system through localhost on 127.0.0.1. In appears for most of them as simply Waiting Connections and the state is Time Wait. It does this starting from the first port and continues sequentially through all the ports on the machine, and then it starts over. It takes them a group of ports at a time, nonstop, continuously.
Needless to say, all of this interference is extremely distracting and apparently unnecessary. Can anyone explain what this is caused by and how to prevent it? It certainly interferes with my need to observe valid connections using netstat, etc. If it cannot be stopped, I will have to remove S&D 2, and either put an earlier version on, or replace the program. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks.
Needless to say, all of this interference is extremely distracting and apparently unnecessary. Can anyone explain what this is caused by and how to prevent it? It certainly interferes with my need to observe valid connections using netstat, etc. If it cannot be stopped, I will have to remove S&D 2, and either put an earlier version on, or replace the program. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks.