Single Player PZ outbound connection attempt | Project Zomboid | Page 1

bold pilot Jan 18, 2026, 12:37 AM

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So what's happening here?
malicious???

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looks like its on port 16261

bold pilot Jan 18, 2026, 8:39 AM

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are these mods doing tthis?

ripe wolf Jan 18, 2026, 8:30 PM

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Likely just pinging a server for a query. 16261 is the server port that PZ uses

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Assuming this is happening when the game is started

bold pilot Jan 19, 2026, 12:09 AM

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i was playying solo offline tho

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another attempt on a different IP

ripe wolf Jan 19, 2026, 12:22 PM

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Offline? As in Steam isnt even running?

bold pilot Jan 19, 2026, 12:34 PM

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no i meant playing singleplayer locally

ripe wolf Jan 19, 2026, 1:06 PM

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Steam still scans the IPs as far as I am aware, you are still online on Steam

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What kind of antivirus is this?

bold pilot Jan 19, 2026, 1:35 PM

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malware bytes

ripe wolf Jan 19, 2026, 1:46 PM

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I might suggest reporting the issue to them in that case

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