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Port Scan Attack coming from my LAN
Name: wiseways Date: March 26, 2009 at 13:08:27 Pacific OS: Windows Vista Product: Dell / Studio Subcategory: General
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I just recently got a new Dell laptop but ever since then it appears like the other two computers on my Wireless LAN network have started getting "port scan attack blocked" warnings in intervals of a few seconds saying that certain TCP ports have been blocked because the IP address assigned to the new dell is "port scanning" . I am not entirely sure what this means and how I can fix it because it is gettin annoying.
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