Come on you computer buffs
27 June 2002, 06:07 PM
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Help me out. This is quite serious actually, so no idea why I am posting here.
Thought it may be a good idea, seeing as it was *free* to trial McAfee personal firewall software. Every five seconds it keeps telling me someone is trying to gain access to my PC. What's it all about??? Who are these people and what the f*** do they want??
If they're after top secret info, they're wasting their time!
Thought it may be a good idea, seeing as it was *free* to trial McAfee personal firewall software. Every five seconds it keeps telling me someone is trying to gain access to my PC. What's it all about??? Who are these people and what the f*** do they want??
If they're after top secret info, they're wasting their time!
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In any case, I'll stop trying to hack you. 
27 June 2002, 06:11 PM
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Some of it is people doing port scans (like a thief seeing if you've shut all your house windows). Other 'attempts' are from other miss configured PCs sending out data they shouldn't onto the 'Net.
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27 June 2002, 06:13 PM
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They're not looking for anything you've got. They're most likely looking to see if there's anything they can exploit - like an email server or trojan. They can then use that to launch an attack on someone else, which would be traced back to you.
Edited 'cos I can't spoll
[Edited by mark_h - 6/27/2002 6:14:44 PM]
Edited 'cos I can't spoll
[Edited by mark_h - 6/27/2002 6:14:44 PM]
27 June 2002, 06:15 PM
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Try ZoneAlarm Clare - the basic version is free for home users
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...ap_za_grid.jsp
You'd need to uninstall the other firewall 1st though.
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...ap_za_grid.jsp
You'd need to uninstall the other firewall 1st though.
I use Norton Firewall now though.
27 June 2002, 07:27 PM
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Er wibble?
I didn't want to put it in Computer Related because I know there are expert computer buffs in here all the time. That's why software is so full of bugs [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
I didn't want to put it in Computer Related because I know there are expert computer buffs in here all the time. That's why software is so full of bugs [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
27 June 2002, 07:36 PM
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[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
This is not where it is supposed to be.
I'll kill him next time I see him [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
This is not where it is supposed to be.
I'll kill him next time I see him [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Must be a record of some sort. 