Re: Windows messenger and UpnP security



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"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel
messaggio news:OwoV$CVHGHA.2668@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> No. The ports are opened and forwarded when the conversation starts and
removed when it
> ends. As well, they're UDP ports and if you had a trojan or virus on the
system listening to
> these ports, Messenger wouldn't chose those ones anyway as they'd be in
use. So the answer
> is no.
>

Thanks Jonathan for your fast reply...you are unvaluable.

Stefano

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