port 135 - RPC - remote procedure calls. This has to do with a recent exposed security bug in Windows code. Lots of worms are exploiting it. Not sure if the worm is in your machine or one of your neighbors. Hopefully www.freerepublic.com doesn't have worms.
port 135 - RPC - remote procedure calls. For us non-geeks, what does this mean?
Is this a port normally necessary for normal web surfing?
If not, why not have a method to simply turn it off?