TCP Port 119 Information
Port name:nntp
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Port 119 common errors:If the user receives an email with a Happy99.exe attached and executes the file without consent. The Happy99 Trojan was reported as an adware or spam on an email. It circulates within the address book of the host to generate a Happy99 advertisement to its machine. This bug sends a copy of itself whenever the host sends an email to a designated person. To learn more about errors in your system run a free registry scan.
Services or applications using this port:USENET
Malicious services / applications:Happy99/Ska Trojan
Port 119 details:
Protocol:
TCP
IAMA status:
Official
Range:
Registered
Traffic:
inbound
Notification:
N/A
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Technical description for port 119:
The port 119 is a Network News Transfer Protocol providing server hosts for prominent Internet newsgroups for USENET consumers/viewers. It shares news articles from other NNTP servers streaming through port 119. Clients use this news to read and write on the servers through the same port.
Before the Internet and the protocol began, USENET News was the pioneer of the newsgroup firm worldwide. This program still stands dominant despite all the tweaking that has been done. This application has its own share of faults given it is the first advanced news reporting software in the world. It was most prone to USENET hackers during its early years.
Many problems and abuses to news servers and content had caused Internet Service Providers to manipulate and block incoming protocols to end-users' port 119. This has prohibited the NNTP operation from ISP consumers.
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