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After being 'unwittingly taken' to a 'Download Site'
Previously,
I had disabled Universal Plug n Play (UPnP), (NOT Plug n Play, you must keep that).
I use IE6 and had blocked third party cookies, Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Advanced Privacy and Blocked Third Party Cookies.
Every Windows Update has been installed.
To keep all my programs up to date I use CatchUp - CNET.com
http://catchup.cnet.com/catchup/cu/setup/setup.html?tag=st.cu.cu_fdx.txt.cu_nu
I use ZoneAlarmPro
I tried half a dozen other firewall testers which all reported I was secure. I knew otherwise!
But then I tested it with the following utility from Sygate Technologies, Inc. Use all 5 scans (the sixth scan, ICMP, was not enabled yet)
http://scan.sygatetech.com/preicmpscan.html
It discovered that a port 5000 was open
Don't think, "I'm all right, I don't use XP
You can turn find out if it's switched on and optionally turn UPnP off (or on!) with the following very simple utility from Gibson Research Corporation (GRC).
http://grc.com/files/UnPnP.exe
(For) now my system reports as secure, however, on checking my ZAPro > Current Alerts, in the last 48 hours, it has registered 73 events! I'm sure most were harmless, but sooner or later........
Rgds
RHS