Peter Gordon wrote:

> I'm running WinXPSP2.
> I recently updated my security and now I keep getting
> a message saying that my computer is trying to contact
> 192.168.1.255.137


I guess you mean 192.168.1.255:137. And the 137 obviously is not meant as an
IP protocol number, but a TCP or UDP port.

> I keep telling it to block the message and to remember
> the answer, but it keeps recurring.


What exactly is "it"?

> IP Address locator and the ARIN whois database are not very
> informative.


Sure they aren't. How could they? They're not supposed to hold any
information why "it" (whatever you mean) keeps telling you about a local
broadcast of NetBIOS messages despite you having turned it off.

> I have done complete system scans and the report says that
> my system is clean.

And this changes exactly what about "it" telling you wrong stuff?