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Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:22 am Post subject:
Help with firewall |
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Hello -
I am trying to secure my computer after getting one of those windows
messenger advertisements take over my computer. I'm having trouble
understanding the log on my firewall - I've pasted the log below - can
someone tell me if it looks like someone is trying to get into my
computer still? Is there anything more I need to do - I've scanned
with virus detection, bitdefender, spybot, and adaware ... please let
me know ... thank you!!
----- ----- ----- Firewall Logs
Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's UDP ports:
1028, 1030, 1031, and 1032 have been scanned from 222.38.148.22..
Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's UDP ports:
4257, 1028, 1031, and 1030 have been scanned from 61.233.41.180..
Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's UDP ports:
1028, 1029, 1032, and 1031 have been scanned from 222.38.148.22..
Application Hijacking has been detected
The application: C:\Program Files\Softwin\BitDefender8\bdnagent.exe
try to launch another application: C:\Program
Files\Softwin\BitDefender8\bdnews.exe to go to remote host
nn.bitdefender.com |
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Duane Arnold
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Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:22 am Post subject:
Re: Help with firewall |
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lina.avon@usa.com wrote:
| Quote: | Hello -
I am trying to secure my computer after getting one of those windows
messenger advertisements take over my computer. I'm having trouble
understanding the log on my firewall - I've pasted the log below - can
someone tell me if it looks like someone is trying to get into my
computer still? Is there anything more I need to do - I've scanned
with virus detection, bitdefender, spybot, and adaware ... please let
me know ... thank you!!
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Personal FW(s) make you paranoid because they complain about nothing and
put it in your face. The logs indicate that the attempts are being
blocked are they not, which is normal unsolicited inbound traffic from
the Internet that's being blocked by the packet filter/PFW.
No one is really going to single you out and try to attack your machine
in the manner you think. If the attack is going to happen, then it will
be due to *you* contributing to it in someway with the happy fingers
that click on unknown links to sites, going to dubious sites,opening
unknown emails with attachments.
If you're going to be attacked, it will be like what is happening in the
link. And there are tools you can use to look for yourself.
Long
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html
Short
http://tinyurl.com/klw1
If you have Windows XP or Win 2K, the buck stops there and not with the
other software you talk about. If you have Win 9'x or ME, you're out of
luck.
http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm
If you're worried about traffic hitting the FW, then put the machine
behind a NAT router and let the PFW supplement the NAT router. You can
get one dirt cheap now of days.
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp
Duane :) |
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