[SpamCop-List] Re: An attempted unsolicitated connection by someone I just looked up?

[Spam N Scams Reporter]

JV wrote:

> Spam N Scams Reporter wrote:
> 
>> According to McAfee:
>> A computer at IP Address 69.50.192.105  has attempted an unsolicited 
>> connection to TCP port 1258 on your computer. Anyone able to help 
>> interpret this for me?
>>
>> I just did a look up for a spamitem:
>>
>>  canonical name      unifiednames.com.
>> aliases    addresses     69.50.192.104
>>
>> as well as one for:
>>
>> canonical name     ATJEU.COM.
>> aliases    addresses     69.50.192.254
>>
>>
>>
>> OrgName:    atjeu publishing, llc
>> OrgID:      APL-37
>> Address:    5546 west irma
>> City:       glendale
>> StateProv:  AZ
>> PostalCode: 85308
>> Country:    US
>>
>> NetRange:   69.50.192.0 - 69.50.223.255
>> CIDR:       69.50.192.0/19
>> NetName:    ATJEU
>> NetHandle:  NET-69-50-192-0-1
>> Parent:     NET-69-0-0-0-0
>> NetType:    Direct Assignment
>> NameServer: NS1.ATJEU.COM
>> NameServer: NS2.ATJEU.COM
>> Comment:
>> Comment:
>> RegDate:    2003-06-04
>> Updated:    2003-06-04
>>
>> OrgTechHandle: BV137-ARIN
>> OrgTechName:   Vasilev, Boris
>> OrgTechPhone:  +1-623-434-5894
>> OrgTechEmail:  sales at atjeu.com
>>
>>   ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-08-26 19:10
>>   Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
> 
> 
> Tcp port 1258 is unassigned. In other words, the port is not used by any 
> registered application. Not much to worry about with a single instance. 
> This likely occurred within about 15 minutes of activating your 
> connection? Or, you had been surfing a bit? Timeouts on operations can 
> take a few minutes and it's common to see this kind of traffic from time 
> to time.
> 
> In fact, unless there is persistent activity or a pattern (such as three 
> or more ports hit from a single IP over a minute or less), most 
> unsolicited traffic is not nefarious. Even if it is not explainable.
> 
> 
> 
Thanks,

I wasn't really worried about it, but curious though I was wondering if 
I should be more concerned. I had just done a lookup and report on a 
spamitem that came from this direction.

Brian