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steeldust · May 3, 2006

yes thanks very much. i know other people that are running the router and have the same cable company(shaw) and they aren't getting these malware hits. i am using Interactive brokers and making that work properly is my primary concern so if you recommend a router? cause with that stuff i know zilch

the wierd thing is alot of the time i get these probes(ouch) and i'm not even in a website and its not like i even go to crappy websites.and i don't download anything. i read about programs that record ip #'s and then try to hack them

i also will try the release/renew way suggested.

steeldust · May 3, 2006

or i could try this:

winter · May 3, 2006

Quote from steeldust:

yes thanks very much. i know other people that are running the router and have the same cable company(shaw) and they aren't getting these malware hits. i am using Interactive brokers and making that work properly is my primary concern so if you recommend a router? cause with that stuff i know zilch

A router will provide some protection from your PC. Right now you are directly connected to the internet so you are relying on your PC's software firewall to protect you. Personally I like hardware protection. A router with NAT isnt bulletproof but its a lot better then nothing. The next step up would be a stateful firewall.

Quote from steeldust:
the wierd thing is alot of the time i get these probes(ouch) and i'm not even in a website and its not like i even go to crappy websites.and i don't download anything.

It likely has nothing to do with you. For instance I see tens of thousands of SQL slammer hits against my firewalls every day. These are just infected hosts scanning the internet for more machines to infect - there is nothing manual about it, if it happens to scan your network IP then you will see the probe. Multiply that by millions of machines throughout the world infected with various things and you can a constant background "hum" of probes. Check out this page: http://isc.sans.org/large_map.php

Its not like an unlisted phone number, if you have an IP address you will get probed (even if you send nothing out). Its nothing to worry about as long as you have taken care to protect yourself.

easyrider · May 3, 2006

If I remember right,when I was usingZone I kept getting probes from the same ip address which ultimately turned out to be my own isp checking the connection or some such thing.

wareco · May 3, 2006

Also check out this site.

http://whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/how-do-I-change-my-ip-address

steeldust · May 4, 2006

thanx alot for the replies. it finally worked with release,shut down overnight,renew routine.
the real funny thing is i was hit with a malware probe an hrl ater.lol. at least i know now.next i'll get the router.

bali_survivor · May 9, 2006

Quote from winter:

Does your PC get a public internet address or does the supplied modem give it a non-routable address (e.g. 192.168.x.x), which would imply that its acting as a router as well.

What neophyte321 suggested seems plausible if the former is true (your PC actually gets its IP directly from the cable company and not an intermediate device). I didnt think anybody ran in this type of config anymore (without some form of NAT as a basic form of protection) but I don't know shaw.

If your PC does get a public IP directly I would recommend you buy at least a cheap router to place between you and the cable company so you have at least the minimal security that NAT buys you (e.g. the entire internet can't probe your PC) Then you wont see those random probes hitting your PC's firewall anymore too

try a Netgear FR114P Prosafe VPN firewall with 4 ports and a print server. Has SIF (Statefull Inspection Firewall). Cheap too.

Maria

Equalizer · May 9, 2006

Quote from bali_survivor:

try a Netgear FR114P Prosafe VPN firewall with 4 ports and a print server. Has SIF (Statefull Inspection Firewall). Cheap too.

Maria

I second that. That is an incredibly cheap and reliable firewall - its the Blue-ugly series from Netgear, not the flash looking silver ones. Some people say they have had issues with them, but for me they have worked flawlessly for years.

dividend · May 10, 2006

Quote from zdreg:

incredible how civil and informative these software and hardware threads are

imo a good % of elitetrader is actually ex- or current IT guys.

ps - ur modem should have some kind of ip filter built in.

maxpi · May 12, 2006

Quote from zdreg:

incredible how civil and informative these software and hardware threads are

It's these freaking people that actually know something, they never fight with you. Dang.

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