why would an app try to connect to 127.0.0.1:1514 ?

[whistleclient]

installed a new app and when i ran it the firewall popped up with it trying to connect to 127.0.0.1:1514. why? 127.0.0.1 is loopback, right?

is there any chance this is malicious, or am i just being overly paranoid?

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: tangent1138is there any chance this is malicious, or am i just being overly paranoid?

Neither, you just are not knowledgeable about Networking.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback

 

[Nothinman]

is there any chance this is malicious, or am i just being overly paranoid?

Probably the latter. Do you actually have anything listening on 1514?

 

[spidey07]

Badly written applications make a connection to themselves via their own network connection.

Bad application guy, bad.

No worries, although 1514 rings a bell for some reasone.

 

[JackMDS]

IANA ports lists information:

Port Number: 1514
Protocol: tcp
Name: fujitsu-dtcns
Description: Fujitsu Systems Business of America Inc

OP if you want to see if or what is listening, download this free utile and run it.

http://www.microsoft.com/techn...utilities/tcpview.mspx