Bill,
I use grc.com to check for open ports.
www.grc.com > ShieldsUp > Scroll down half way on the page and click on ShieldsUp > look for the port scan option (on the gray thin line).
Hope that helps.
Vin
---- Bill Higgs < billhiggs%40xplornet.com">billhiggs
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> I was talking to tech support for my isp today, and he tells me that I have 9000 open ports, I find this hard to believe, since I am running trend micro internet security 2007 and it reports that I am virus and malware free.
> My question is, is there a site that can check my open ports? and how can I find out what is using these open ports?
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