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So, who the **** is sending me these ******* viruses all the ******* time?
I want to ****** know cos I'm ******* sick and tired of it!
Please xcuse my french but this is the fourth time since I became moderator in here. (Starting to wonder if it's worth it)!
And YES!!! I have anti virus on auto update, but there is a sneaky little bugger somewhere out there who has found a way around it, straight in to my, yet again, x PC.
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:02:00
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get your account provider to change your static-IP adress....
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:05:55
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Yeah, I guess that is an option.
My main point is basically the fact that some idiot somewhere finds this amusing. If I ever find out who he/she is there will be a BIG bill in their mail.
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:12:00
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@tranquil
If this is such a problem, maybe you should look into investing in a firewall/NAT
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:15:08
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Get a hardwere firewall and divert all ports to 0.0.0.0 so anyone else you is tying to ping you thinks that this ip is dead
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:20:37
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@Tranquil,do you really need to leave your email on show at Esato?
I did that when i first joined,in less than a month i had virus's sent to my email that was on show so i removed it...........never had any dodgy email sent to me since,just a thought
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:22:02
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Assuming that the little bugger is exploiting a security vulnerability in your XP, you should have all MS updates installed. I very much doubt the fact that he/she has come up with something new, so that vulnerability has most likely already been addressed.
This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:44:02
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It's not necessarily some1 sending to your email coz they found it on esato. It could be listed in so many other places. (do a google search for your address and delete it wherever it shows up)
Also, as mentioned, install all MS updates.
I'll post a link to an online virus scan as well (hafta look it up 1st)
Oh yeah and do delete your email address from your profile, I did that too after a vast amount of dodgy emails, never got another one)
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Posted: 2003-09-18 09:25:59
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http://housecall.antivirus.com/
beat ye vlam
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Posted: 2003-09-18 09:42:00
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On 2003-09-18 00:20:37, Fahed_2000 wrote:
Get a hardwere firewall and divert all ports to 0.0.0.0 so anyone else you is tying to ping you thinks that this ip is dead
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 indicates a default route in the routing table, not a good idea to "divert" all traffic there. And blocking all traffic (if that's what you are trying to get to) will leave the PC unable to communicate - might as well just pull out the network cable then, you'll get the same result.
If you want to block the ICMP PING request, simply close TCP port 7 and UDP port 7.
MS Updates are notorious for intruducing more bugs then they fix, but it's (usually) a good idea to install them anyway.
If you don't know much about firewall configuration, I'd recommend a software firewall rather then hardware. It is much easier to set up, and you can configure it as you go.
Symantec Internet Security is a firewall + antivirus package which is very capable and easy to use. If you have a perminent internet connection I would definetly recommend that.
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Posted: 2003-09-18 09:58:35
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