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firewall attacks , advice wanted
Name: computer novice 2 Date: September 21, 2004 at 02:49:08 Pacific OS: win xp CPU/Ram: 1.3 ghz 256mb
Comment:
I have been having a terrible time (some may recall my earlier post about this 1 week ago) , I have been getting attacking over and over again , now its a battle to stay connected on the net for more than 1/2 an hour . I have emailed my ISP as well.
The attacks I have been getting are:
*Traceroute *NetBIOS Browsing *Smurfs (in relation to the got a question topic) *Ping
Now the question I have is what are these attacks and in what way could they threaten the security of my computer.
Name: JohnO Date: September 21, 2004 at 06:18:08 Pacific
Reply:
You don't say what firewall you're using. If it's the XP firewall I would recommend you use Zone Alarm (there's a free version). Then, Go to Shields Up (find on Google), and run the test to make sure all ports are stealthed. Then run updated AdAware, SpyBot S&D, and Anti-Virus. Outsiders hitting your firewall is normal, and as long as your firewall is stopping them, not a problem. The pings are probably fromo your ISP.
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