Re: Windows messenger and UpnP security



I try :)

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"Stefano Ferrante" <sorryIhate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
>>
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> Thanks Jonathan for your fast reply...you are unvaluable.
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> Stefano
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