2900 connections on port 4665

[Natashka]

I got online 15 minutes ago and all of a sudden my firewall went crazy: in less than 5 minute there were 2922 incoming UPD connections to my computer on port 4665! All over the world, IP from USA, Europe, Asia... I disconnected from the Internet, then reconnected, and it went away, no more connections. What the hell was that, is it a new virus or smth? What is on that port 4665, anyway?

[BlueSky]

Did a search on Google. That port is supposedly for edonkey P2P file sharing.

[Natashka]

Thanks so much... Strange, I don't even have edonkey on my computer. But at least it's not a virus or hack attack! :)

[Romeo]

... yes, you may not have edonkey, but if your dial-in provider assigns IP addresses dynamically, the user who had this address before you dialed in had run some edonkey traffic and his P2P partners hadn't realized that he has hung off his dial-in connection just a few minutes ago.

Regards,
R.

[Xuefer]

thanks Romeo, your post greatly improve my knowledge :)

[Natashka]

LOL, good for them I am not one of those undercover FBI agents who catch folks downloading MP3, otherwise I would have a broad field of acivity!