Question about number of outgoing connections

Hi, I am new here (just registered.) I have a question about the number of active connections showing up. I have the free version of Comodo (firewall) and at times, while browsing the internet, I can have only one window open, and over 40 outgoing connections with varying IP addresses show up.

I’m not an expert by any means, and I don’t know how to close ports (if that’s even the issue here) but I would like to tighten my security as much as possible. If anyone here could lend assistance, I would greatly appreciate it.

I’m not an expert on Comodo either, but if you want to look at what you’re currently connecting to and what you’re sending or receiving you might try these:-

To check the IP addresses:

CurrPorts

WhoIsView

To check the content:

SmartSniff

They’re all free.

Can you show us a screenshot of your Active Connections?