This counts connection attempts matching the Gnutella peer-to-peer network protocol. Like the eMule counter, this is protocol-specific evidence of a P2P policy violation, and because Gnutella clients such as older LimeWire-era software also historically bundled adware or malware, a rising count is worth treating as both a policy issue and a malware-exposure concern rather than just bandwidth usage. For example, this counter appearing on a workstation that later turns out to have adware bundled with a Gnutella client the user installed.