Does Moz/xe send a keep alive ping?

When and only when Mozilla is active every 15 seconds my computer pings
the following-

TCP:127.0.0.1:xxxx
which is - This block is assigned for use as the Internet host
loopback address. A datagram sent by a higher level protocol to an
address anywhere within this block should loop back inside the host.
This is ordinarily implemented using only 127.0.0.1/32 for loopback,
but no addresses within this block should ever appear on any network
anywhere


Which seems to indicate that either Moz or windows XE is pinging to
continue to check my IP address and keep the line open. My guess is
windows xp and its network protocol.

Which is it and what process is responsible? Is it necessary this often?

I did not notice it with win 98se, but that does not mean it was not
going on.

BTW- tested the computer with shields up and all stealth. Plus ran
spybot, adaware, asquared and AVG with no hits. Running behind a router
and zonealarm.

GA

 

It does not do this when in MSIE, only Mozilla.

 

127.0.0.1 is your local machine's internal IP address. No Internet
traffic is occurring. You might try turning off "keep alive." Not sure
if that has anything to do with this.

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