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Hi,
This person tried to hack into my pc like 88 times for the last ten minutes 169.254.109.72 (from c:\windiwssystem32\svshost.exe) CAN anyone explain what that is/means ??? i use norton fersonal firewall every 10 sec's or so the poophead gets blocked is there any prog where i can find these guys usin their ip address?
Neo Trace is a nice utility to trace a person. But if the IP is spoofed your going to have trouble finding them. Also loade the CRITICAL UPDATES FOR XP. There is an update to patch the problem with remote control on XP. LOAD THE UPDATES. Plus sometime that's your own computer sending info out companies andthe response is trying to come back.
later
lo
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As Lo indicated traces can help but most hackers would be spoofing their ip address. I believe it is actually svchost.exe that you are talking about as opposed to svshost.exe . Svchost.exe is involved in the loading of services. You can also have several instances of svchost.exe running at the same time. Generally 4 for Home and 4 to 5 for Pro. Svchost.exe was also used in Win2k and you can get more detailed info at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q250320
Some of the services will listen on certain ports. If you are on a cable connection you will get several reports of what you may think are hacks but they are just normal traffic. If you are concerned about it being a potential hack then create a rule on the firewall to block that address.
Software firewalls have become more and more simplified while providing adequate protection for most personal computing.
If you want to read up more on Internet and network security I would recommend starting at
www.cert.org
Also....check MS for updates...in particular the Critical Updates.
Dale
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169.254.*.* is a non-routeable ip. that is not coming from the internet, it is coming from your local network. it is either your own machine, or another on your network.
smurf.
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Hi
The following are the three address blocks that have been reserved by the IANA ( Internet Assigned Numbers Authority )for use on private networks that are not directly connected to the Internet.
10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255
However, the Automatic IP Addressing feature in all versions of Windows after 1998 include the range from 169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255 .
Good one Smurf !!!
Dale
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To expand on what smurf said, which is correct by the way, is the the IP address range of 169.254 is indeed APIPA. This address is self assigned to a computer after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. So do an IP config on your machine to see what your IP is. If it's your own IP then you see it is not a hacker. You don't mention if you are on a LAN or not but it sounds like you are.
I don't think this is a hacker attack either.
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whats lan & i have just one pc but i have cable blocked stealth odp or upd port but every 10-20 sec's the person gets blocked thru the fire wall
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Reread the posts by Glen and Smurf. They are correct in their posts. I would suggest reading the manual that came with the firewall product.
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Your firewall may be incorectly setup. If the messages annoy you so much, you can choose to disable Norton's Firewall and use the built in firewall included with XP. 169.254.***.*** is an internal address not seen by outsiders on the internet. A LAN stands for Local Area Network as opposed to WAN, which stands for Wide Area Network. Your alleged hacker is within the Local Area Network and is not someone from outside hacking in.
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HI
I WAS WONDERING HOW TO HACK? IF I KNOW SUMONE'S IP ADDRESS HOW DO I HACK THEM? I HEAR IT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL TO PRACTICE HACKING WITH A FRIEND AS LONG AS THEY KNOW U R DOING IT! WE KNOW THE IP ADDRESS'S BUT DNT KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE HAD ABIT OF FUN WITH MS-DOS BUT WE CANT DO THE HACKING BIT? PLZ HELP
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Ok Devil , I'm gonna tell you! But you have to promise not to tell anyone else. Its a secret of the trade. You have to lick the screen 3 times, turn around anticlockwise 4 times, do a handstand and shout abraKEBRA!
No seriously, go into autoexec.bat and config.sys. Edit them take out all the text and type in exactly "Administrative Eding mode" Restart your computer and you should have Administration capabilities, Then you just type in the ip address and you will have access! Easy peesy!
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