My firewall keeps telling me that bonjour services is listening to ports. What is it??? I'm on win XP?

Answer 1

Uhoh.... you've got spyware.

Dowload a few anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, oh and a firewall.
(http://free.grisoft.com/ , http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ , http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html , http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp )

It's almost guaranteed you got this infection from either Internet Explorer, or downloading stuff off of a file-sharing program.

Internet Explorer is big, slow, insecure (you're almost guaranteed to have some viruses and spyware right now), very out of date, and not customizable.

Drop Internet Explorer from use and get Firefox - sleek, fast, safe, easy to use, up to date, extremely customizable... and it has a cool icon.
( http://getfirefox.com/ )

Firefox has pop-up blocking built in, and with just one add-on you'll rarely see another banner ad!
( http://adblockplus.org/ )

Install the programs and scan your computer. You might want to stay offline for this - you're not protected until AFTER you do it.

After that - password protect your computer account. If you use a wireless connection see if you can get it secured (passwords and encryption)

Make sure to update your virus and spyware scanners once a week, and check for updates to your firewall... and operating system.

Questions? Comments? E-mail me at amandakerik at yahoo dot com.

Answer 2

http://images.apple.com/macosx/pdf/MacOSX_Bonjour_TB.pdf#search='bonjour%20services%20%20what%20is%20it'

Entire URL may not display, but click on it. It is a PDF file which will tell you all you need to know about Bonjour and then some. If you decide you don't want it, go to Start, Programs, Windows Firewall, and add it to blocked addresses.

Good luck.

Answer 3

I dont know what it is but if I was you I would go and download zonealarm firewall, zonealarmlabs.com it is free if I remember right,,

also download ad-aware se pesonal, lavasoft.com this will remove spyware,, it is free


good luck

Answer 4

sounds like spyware