As you can see it ( appears ) that even though i have only launched one instance of FF, there are 4 showing. Why is this ?
It is one process - firefox.exe (the same PID) but it communicates on different remote ports . That is why you see this - program design.
Firefox uses "pipelining" which is getting different pieces of the website with different ports, this is to speed up Firefox.
sfi Pipelining, Thanx tipstir I do have several addons, but i disabled auto updates for them and FF itself etc - As far as i know, i have also disabled the Newsfeeds/Google etc from working in about:config When i repeated the test with IE6 there was only one instance showing. !!! Have to say i'm not actually worried as such, just wondered why there were more than one connections.
The pic which you provided show the Local IP and the Remote IP are both 127.0.0.1.Apart from this,the Remote IP is not port 80. It is not your network IP address.It is your host.So I don't think it means your FF connect the Internet.Maybe it just means your FF launch other FF to connect the Internet. The FF in your pic is just a FF Start.
cqpreson Yes i tested it Without selecting a URL, a blank start page to see what was connecting out. Just thought i was strange that even though i had only launched one instance od FF, it showed 4. But that has been explained by others above.
