I NEED 1.67 PATCH

Atrocities · #1 August 16th, 2002, 03:48 PM

Yes you did, and thank you all for the help. *Odd, I keep getting port scanned?* It is happening as I type this....

dumbluck · #2 August 16th, 2002, 04:08 PM

Excuse my incompetance, but what is a "port scan"?

Atrocities · #3 August 16th, 2002, 04:58 PM

Hackers send out a blanked "hello" to a sub net along an IP range. Every IP in that range gets pinged and if there is an exploit, such as a Sub 7 or "Trojan" program on your computer, they'll be notified and they can then gain access to your computer. In most cases, they are just seeing if your PC has a firewall or not. Most firewall will block this "Hello" scan, and report it as a port scan. If your PC is not protected by a firewall, and even sometimes if it is, they can still gain access to your PC. Most hackers view this as a bread and butter part of hacking.

dumbluck · #4 August 18th, 2002, 09:41 AM

Oh. Is the Firewall in WinXP very good at this?

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[ August 18, 2002, 08:43: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

dumbluck · #5 August 19th, 2002, 11:21 AM

Or do I need to get a seperate firewall program on my brand-spanking-new computer?

Mephisto · #6 August 19th, 2002, 03:34 PM

Try Zonealarm, it is even free.
www.zonealarm.com

tesco samoa · #7 August 19th, 2002, 03:37 PM

AT you provider will scan your ports... Just to see if your active... and starting soon to see if your running any of that nasty peer to peer stuff... since the riaa and mpaa will be determining what your allowed on your system..