Extra windows (web) services

[Lucas]

I recently noticed that my computer is running numerous
internet services, such as the "Finger" service on port
79, and was wondering how I would go about disabling these
services. Another port I noticed that was running an
unwanted server is 1025. If anyone knows how I would go
about disabling these, Please let me know!
-Lucas

 

[CheshireCat]

I recently noticed that my computer is running numerous
internet services, such as the "Finger" service on port
79, and was wondering how I would go about disabling these
services. Another port I noticed that was running an
unwanted server is 1025. If anyone knows how I would go
about disabling these, Please let me know!
-Lucas

What version of xp are you using?
You need to find out what processes each of these ports is opened by so you
know if they're necessary.
Go to www.sysinternals.com and install tcpmon. It should help give you that
information, or open a command prompt and type in netstat -an
Also, install a firewall that asks you first if you want to allow the ports
to be opened.
Some of the processes may have been installed as services. The service
manager should allow you to stop the services running automatically on
startup.