ICQ_Communication

Description

This indicates an attempt to access ICQ.
ICQ, named after "I Seek You", is an open source instant messaging program. It was one of the first stand alone instant messenger that allowed users to register an account and send messages. It uses its own proprietary protocol which is now released onto GitHub under the Apache license.

Affected Products

ICQ

Impact

Network bandwidth consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Application Dependencies

• ICQ

Default Ports

• TCP/80
• TCP/443
• TCP/5190-5199

References

• https://icq.com/