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Why are these IPs doing a TimeWait?

I just ran netstat -a -n and here is a partial list of results.

Port IP Time Wait IP owner

1594 69.26.187.18:80 XEEX-COMMUNICATIONS, Santa Monica, CA

1644 66.216.44.9:80 WV Fiber, Nashville, TN

1671 69.26.187.32:80 XEEX

1713 66.150.96.119:80 Feed Burner

1731 76.12.37.226:80 LNH, Newark, DE (Hostmysite)

Can someone tell me what "Time Wait" means and why are these IP addresses showing up? I looked them up to find the owners such as XEEX whom I've never heard of. Do I have a problem with my internet connection?

Thanks,

Harry

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Harry Avant
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All are TCP connections to remote port 80 (http), from your host, awaiting timeout. Some application on your host (web browser, malware, etc.) made these connections.

Regards,

Michael

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Well I think I understand. Could this be due to some cookies, like tracking cookies? I do run antivirus scans and Adaware along with Spybot once a week.

As I continued to run netstat I got things like:

TCP 192.168.1.100:1737 205.178.187.13:80 ESTABLISHED (Network Solutiosn) TCP 192.168.1.100:1738 205.178.187.13:80 ESTABLISHED TCP 192.168.1.100:1740 70.42.134.12:80 ESTABLISHED (Internap Network Services)

TCP 192.168.1.100:1745 66.150.96.119:80 ESTABLISHED TCP 192.168.1.100:1747 66.150.96.119:80 ESTABLISHED TCP 192.168.1.100:1752 72.247.193.187:443 ESTABLISHED (Akamai Technologies) TCP 192.168.1.100:1753 72.247.193.187:443 ESTABLISHED

So may I assume that something did establish these connections, and if they were not my doing how could I find the cause?

Harry

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Harry Avant

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