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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
How do you check for open ports on your machine?
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For the Windows Firewall applet in the control panel, look at the "Exceptions" tab.
If you are on a corporate network, talk to your admin before you play with windows firewall. If you change settings it may make some of your apps fail. Usually corporate networks have a firewall on the network, so inside the network you are safe.
And at home, I'm behind a router, so the NAT provides a type of natural firewall.
But if you are connecting to someone else's network and don't have a firewall on, they may be able to access your drives. Howevere, as was mentioned earlier, if they haven't turned on encryption the chance they will even consider that someone else is using their connection is slim.