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Firefox is listening for incoming connections on two ports. Why?
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Mar 15, 20268623 viewsConfidence Score0%
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TCPView and ZoneAlarm firewall reveal that Firefox is accepting incoming connections on two ports on localhost (127.0.0.1). The port numbers are not fixed. I reinstalled Firefox without any add-ons, and scanned using 3 antivirus programs (Avast, AVG and Norton), but Firefox is still listening to tw…
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These are local loopback ports. Firefox uses them for local communication. A loopback connection (to IP address 127.0.0.1) can be made by Firefox on non-Unix machines. In this case the browser is communicating with itself as expected, and it is not …
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