Run "netstat -a". If there's something listening on port 8777 on anything other than the loopback address, then you could have a problem. Of course, if you use a firewall, it still shouldn't be an issue.
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Run "netstat -a". If there's something listening on port 8777 on anything other than the loopback address, then you could have a problem. Of course, if you use a firewall, it still shouldn't be an issue.