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After following the directions above...If your programs,browsers,and e-mail programs were all shut down you should only see the headings as listed above...if you see more than the headings listed above then more than likely you have a program which is accessing the Internet without your Knowledge or permission... }
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This most likely will be spyware calling home....your browser may have been Hijacked by a code Known as a "Browser Helper Object"
or some type of other malicious code....worms or trojan horses etc.etc.
If you see nothing but the headings alone then your system is most likely clean....
The headings will provide the following info:
PROTO.....lists the protocol..(usually either TCP-transmission Control Protocol) or (UDP-User Datagram Protocol)
Local Address is your machine
foreign address is another machine on the Internet or your local area network
State lists the current state of any of the connections and is the one which you will be most interested in.If the word ESTABLISHED appears under the STATE heading,then something is causing your computer to connect to another computer on the internet. }
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The web site address that it is connecting to will generally appear under the Foreign Address heading (ending with :http) and this is a starting point for figuring out whether this is a legitimate or malicious connection. }P }P
more to follow,
ranger72
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Spyware and Other Security Issues 
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