There are several editions, some include a firewall, antiphishing, backup, etc

uPNP isn't a Microsoft standard, it's an open international standard. Microsoft are members of the uPNP forum but so are hundreds of other companies so I don't think you can blame the poor security just on them!

Agree that it should be disabled though.

Really like number 7.

In my opinion I feel number 4 may be better in colour as I'd imagine the fruit to be quite bright and interesting.

Nice shot - it's harder than you realise to get these all in focus (I've been trying a lot over the past week!) - is it focus stacked?

I would have thought your BT Home Hub would have stopped it, is it possible it's your PC's trying to talk to each other that is being blocked as they wouldn't be blocked by the router.

Just to be clear - your firewall is telling you it's blocking incoming ports not outgoing?

It may be worth letting us know which software firewall you use on your PC and whether you connect to the internet by router or usb modem? Routers usually have their own integrated firewall where a modem doesn't.

By the way - the Leopard photo in your flickr is brilliant, I've only been on one safari (Zambia) and it was definitely the greatest experience ever!

It's better to be told by your firewall that it's blocked, than not have a firewall and never be told!

A port scan is when someone tries to find an 'open' port to exploit on your firewall to allow access to your network or PC and is usually run against thousands of external ip addresses rather than just you personally - eventually something will be found.

It's quite basic and virtually all home routers and firewalls will recognise this and block it.

Nothing to worry about.

Could it be on the back element of the lense rather that the sensor?

I'd guess it's because your web browser doesn't support colour management?

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Turned up safe and sound this morning - haven't had the chance to really have a play with it yet but fired off a couple of shots and all looks good.

Thanks