ALOT of open ports on netstat

[ol1v3r]

Hey guys,

I've noticed recently on my bittorrent client that I have used up all my connections (No buffer space available error). So upon checking netstat, I saw thousands upon thousands of:

TCP server:3216 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3218 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3220 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3221 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3224 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3225 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3229 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3232 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3234 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3240 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3244 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3248 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3255 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3259 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT
TCP server:3260 xh.mx.aol.com:smtp CLOSE_WAIT

The list is endless. This could be whats causing the connections, lol. But any idea whats causing them, and what could i do to close the ports?

Thanks,
Oliver

 

[tfg13]

The problem may be that you have the Bit-torrent client loaded/running. Shut it down, and see if you have the same results. I will bet you won't....

 

[ol1v3r]

I tried that beforehand. However I google'd for a application port usage monitor (or something similar) and it turned out that it was my Anti-Virus' SMTP checker, how weird is that?

 

[tfg13]

Your Anti-Virus program did this? Are you sure it's an anti-virus program? I would get with the vendor and ask WTF (if you don't know what that means it's What the (fill in the F word)). That doesn't sound like good programming on their part....

 

[ol1v3r]

Well, its called AVG 7, I purchased it because I thought it was fantastic and quicker than any other programs. Its on all of my workstations, maybe its just a bit buggy on servers, i'll be submitting a bug report though.