Author Topic: Someone is PORT SCANNING MEH!!! (Read 845 times)

Tarmac · « **Reply #15 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:01:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Estes
beer through the nose doesn't feel too good does it?

-edit- Neither does putting jalapenos on hotdogs and then going to piss before washing hands -edit-

Ummm... I assume it burns to get jalapeno juice on your weiner?

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:27:10 AM »

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Thud · « **Reply #17 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:46:04 AM »

No reason to panic really. If it is indeed a hacker scanning for weaknesses the scan invariably is done on a whole range of IP's, where yours happened to fall within. If the attempted intrusion is blocked (i.e. firewall) the hackers tend to 'go' elsewhere because there are always some unprotected IP's found in such a port-scan. Just install a firewall, I prefer Norton because it allows you to monitor intrusions very well, but a free Zone Alarm will suffice as well.

Good luck!

Maniac · « **Reply #18 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:57:22 AM »

Call the FBI, im sure they are interested in this.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #19 on:** April 05, 2004, 07:07:31 AM »

Paranoia run amok. Could be as simple as a broadcast storm. Could be someone on your subnet turning thier computer off and on. How many of those ports are actually running listeners, besides your firewall?

Every personal firewall I have seen is designed to make you paranoid so they can sell you more product. Welcome to marketing 101.

Want to get really paranoid? How do you think those firewalls know about the port scans? They listen on the ports. Guess what that tells a potential hacker?

Naso · « **Reply #20 on:** April 05, 2004, 08:13:56 AM »

Eh eh eh, Skuzzy...

I have a vision of your evil grin while typing the above post.

LOL

Manedew · « **Reply #21 on:** April 05, 2004, 01:11:48 PM »

goto samspade.org ... do a whois on the IP ...

1 $ says it's korean

TheDudeDVant · « **Reply #22 on:** April 05, 2004, 01:25:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Manedew
goto samspade.org ... do a whois on the IP ...

1 $ says it's korean

Yo Mane! The whois lookup would mean very little.. Its very little trouble to make it appear you are posting from korea on this forum, let alone if you were a dweeb kid in the folks home scanning your cable network.. Or any other country for that matter.. Well, that is if they have any phone lines.. hehe

Was fun flying the other night.. Will try to track you down soon again! More to come 8)

dude

Rasker · « **Reply #23 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:01:45 PM »

Everyone should run a check at shieldsup (grc.com) to see how vulnerable they are. If you are running without a firewall like Zone alarm, you are asking for it in today's environment (WinXP has a built-in firewall, but wont block outgoing transmits or even alert you than they are going on, and last summer at least, proved vulnerable to certain exploits).

Even worse is running Windows with the default settings on as to protocols (better explained in the "Network Bondage" section of Shieldsup). Windows systems by default are designed to run in a friendly network, not in the internet. I got this computer with default W2KPro installed and within 8 hours online managed to get infected because I'd neglected to install a firewall or tighten the protocol settings.

If you suspect you have a virus, free scans are offered at the McAfee and Norton/Symantec sites -Stinger covers only the most prominent viruses. Some people say Housecall just adds in spyware problems as much as it could take away in virus problems.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #24 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:02:57 PM »

it (port scanning) happens ALL THE TIME...

you're probably just aware of it now is the difference.
Sounds like your firewall is doing it's job.

This is the problem with firewalls and the like.
They report hitherto unknown things, like port-scanning,
that alarm the unknowing.

A little education goes a long ways.

Look at the list of processes/applications that are blocked. A real eye opener.

Manedew · « **Reply #25 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:05:07 PM »

you missed the humor i guess

TheDudeDVant · « **Reply #26 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:44:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Manedew
you missed the humor i guess

opps.. seems so..

dude

LePaul · « **Reply #27 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:47:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Tarmac
Ummm... I assume it burns to get jalapeno juice on your weiner?

..the irony is amazing hahahha

Skuzzy · « **Reply #28 on:** April 05, 2004, 03:31:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Naso
Eh eh eh, Skuzzy...

I have a vision of your evil grin while typing the above post.

LOL

No evil grin Naso.

It is just amazing what marketing has wrought.
Rasker, I have never used a personal firewall and never will. I won't get hacked either.
It is all due to it being easier to tell someone they need a firewall than actually trying to explain how to correctly setup a network.

Another popular way to get probed (besides going to a doctor), is to inherit an IP address from someone that was recently running a peer-to-peer file sharing program. That will gaurantee a flood of hits.
Or inherit an IP address from someone that was using thier computer as an FTP server.
Or inherit an IP address from someone that was running an email server, or DNS server.....
Or someone on your network subnet simply turning on their computer will hit yours as well and it will do it again when they turn it off.

I could do this all day long. The point is, your computer gets hit all the time. Turn off your firewall reporting/logging if you do not understand why it happens.

Hawklore · « **Reply #29 on:** April 05, 2004, 03:48:59 PM »

LAWCobra

Whats that music on the links pagE?

oh and um that girl is butt ugly...