I am using Norton Firewall and accationally get alert, like "someone is attempting to attack your computer" you can view the details like this one I got tonight inetnum: 80.0.202.0 - 80.0.207.255 netname: NTL descr: NTL Infrastructure - Watford country: GB admin-c: NNMC1-RIPE tech-c: NNMC1-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: AS5089-MNT remarks: INFRA-AW changed: hostmaster@ntli.net 20020611 source: RIPE Where can I go to learn about what this info represents? Can I contact the ISP and complain or do I just remain thankful I cant get hacked? Thanks Drawde

if your firewall is alerting u that someone is attempting to attack your computer then your firewall is doing its job by blocking it. Im assuming your did a whois on that on the attackers IP address. You can file a complaint with the attackers ISP if u want to im not really sure on what the procedure is but im sure u can look it up on the net.

I use Tiny Personal Firewall and instead of using the word 'Attack' it uses the word 'Contact'. Does Norton define the word 'Attack' in it's help file so you will know precisely what Norton is telling you before you complain? If you receive repeated/intentional 'attacks' then it may be worth complaining. Otherwise it could simply be a computer searching the world wide web for a particular URL and in it's search it looks at yours. Since yours is armed with a firewall it will never know if yours was the one it was looking for. This is normal internet activity and normal for a firewall to block it. HTH Bryan

You can spend a lifetime delving into potential attackers alerts. The main thing is to be certain that your Firewall is blocking them. In which case you are best to switch off the warning message (if you can find how) and sit back and let Norton have the worries. Derek