My firewall has just told me about a port attack. It said it came from this adress:

Name: Unknown
IP Address: 193.108.93.125
Location: 48.633N, 12.900E
Network: RIPE-CBLK


Can anyone put a little light on the subject?

I have a new virus.

And no virus blocker.

CAMILLE4U said:

I think it means someone was trying to hack into your system. Was your firewall able to block it?

INSATIABLE said:

Why not download a trial version of some anti virus software and do a full system sweep. Quarentine the offending file then delete the fucker. I recommend Norton.
[This message was edited Tue Oct 21 9:55:18 PDT 2003 by LittlePill]

LittlePill said:

Better do it quick too, before it turns yer comp into a paperweight

Nikster said:

Thanks guys. I just called my mate and he told me that as my firewall told me about it the guy was blocked automatically. I also have AdAware which gets rid of a lot of net nasties. I use that often so I should be ok. Thanks guys.

INSATIABLE said:

Sorry 2 hear that honey. Hows it effecting your CPU.
[This message was edited Tue Oct 21 10:01:59 PDT 2003 by CAMILLE4U]

I strongly recommend NOT TO USE NORTON.

I found Norton to be actually worse than the virus I had.

The ONLY way to TOTALLY delete every trace of this horrendous program this ***ing thing was to format my hard drive. And this was basically confirmed by an email from Norton themselves that said there really was no way to delete evry trace of it. Bastard thing !

It is basically impossible entirely delete the thing.

Unless you plan on having Norton forever inhabiting your system I really advise DONT use it !!!

FunkyStrange said:

When discusing CPU protecton with the guy at the store he also told me not to use Norton. He said that hackers could disable it very eaisly.

CAMILLE4U said:

Mine's been disabled twice.

I've been using AVG antivirus 'cause it's free, and seems all legit'. Is it really any good? I'd be well pissed if I had a virus now!

(and yeah, Norton was a pile'o crap for me as well...just slowed my computer down chronic).

CAMILLE4U said:

Sure. Orgnote me and I can advise.

As for Norton Antivirus - it is good for what it is. It is just an anti-virus tool, useful for blocking email viruses and protecting yourself from stupid users who open attachments etc. It works fine, and it is updated very regularly.

Of course, you can't expect installing an antivirus product to solve all your internet security woes. I suggest at least regularly updating Windows (if you use it) with every new service pack and patch, and get yourself a firewall (hardware or software). That at least makes things a bit more tricky the script kiddies, and let's face it, when you are portscanning blocks of IPs (most broadband ISPs have thousands of customers running totally unpatched, insecure Windows boxes - easy targets) you're gonna go for the easy targets first.