[olug] Varying port access from an internal XP box

[Eric P]

Eric P wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I flipped on Firestarter (Linux GUI firewall) and noticed the XP box on my network is trying to access some service on
> my Linux box (the one w/Firestarter) about four times every minute.   With Firestarter it's being blocked now, but the
> troubling thing is the port changes w/each request, and they're high non-standard ports in the 33,000-61,000 range.
> 
> Any ideas or should I begin suspecting a virus on the XP box?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric P.
> 

I should add that the only service I knowingly use between the machines is Samba for accessing the XP files from the
Linux box.

Thanks,
Eric P.