I am running a local server on a Win/ME computer. There is an individual that keeps attacking me with an address of 10.44.64.1 which is not traceable. I have gone into my IP configuration settings and am able to change only the last part of the address. The person keeps finding me and my host tells me there is nothing they can do about it.I am runing Black Ice Defender and the individual has not actually penitrated my system as I can tell. What if anything can I do to get rid of this hacker??? Is there a way to change the entire IP address? Is there any hope for me??

Asuming that you are on broad band call your ISP then demand a new IP address. Your actual ISP could be probing your ports to test weather or not you are running a server. If so than what they told you is true. Most ISPs will drop you if they catch you running a server of any kind. I have @ HOME and agreed to NO servers and NO VPN. They responded to servers with the 128kbps cap. Depending on your ISP if they find that ports pertaining to servers are open you will get an E mail and they will drop you. I came up with this>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************************** NeoTrace Version 3.01 - (December 20 2000) Trace Results Target: 10.44.64.1 Date: Wed Feb 14 10:49:47 2001 Nodes: 4 Node Data Node Net Who IP Address Location Node Name 4 1 - 10.44.64.1 Inglewood Packet Data Node High Low Avg Tot Lost 4 ---- ---- ---- 2 2 Network Data Network id#: 1 IANA (RESERVED-6) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 Netname: RESERVED-10 Netblock: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 Coordinator: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (IANA-ARIN) iana@IANA.ORG (310) 823-9358 Domain System inverse mapping provided by: BLACKHOLE.ISI.EDU 128.9.64.26 BLACKHOLE.EP.NET 198.32.1.116 Record last updated on 30-Aug-2000. Database last updated on 29-Jan-2001 18:35:13 EDT. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Whois Data _____ NeoTrace Copyright ©1997-2000 NeoWorx Inc ********************************************* That would imply that you are being tracked by your ISP!!??! I would turn the server off for a few weeks. Also pings are normal on a broadcast network. Running a server is like jumping up and down shouting "Here I am!!" I would not even consider running a server on Win-95/98/ME since you have no security at all!! Servers that are Unix based like Apachee and Free BSD are the norm. Your firewall will not fully protect you from hacks or probing. Give UP!!

I have had the same trouble, nearly same IP. I called @home, they said that it was a hacker. I warn you cover all of your ports, get an AV and 2 firewalls, Trust me :)

It appears this hacker is everywhere, him/her/it/nerd has subsribed to numerous yahho groups and is flooding them with spam. I have tried to trace them, but got the same results as mentioned in this forum. There must be something we can do. What about his server...somewhere in Brazil?????