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Message # 7771.1 Subject: You need a free firewall - and virus protection! Date: Thu 01/01/04 14:32:40 GMT Name: #42 |
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Sounds like you have a virus - or technically I think it is called a trojan. You Need To Get Rid Of It - you have NO idea what these "actual people" are doing - if there is a trojan there, it can definitely be reading (and changing) your hard drive! Most likely you are being used as a zombie machine. If you have ANY highspeed internet access and don't have a firewall, You Wll Be "Owned" - usually in a matter of hours.
Are you running anti-virus software and are all your signature files up to date? Probably not given the symptoms you are seeing.
First thing, go to http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/AV.asp and run their free virus scan. You MUST use Internet Explorer and you must allow Active-X (which is the default for IE).
After you get rid of the virus, you MUST get a firewall. Go to http://www.zonelabs.com and download their free software firewall: http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1012_zl/zlsSetup_45_538.exe
And I strongly suggest that you get virus protection - either Norton or McAfee is good. If you can afford DSL, you CANNOT afford not to have good virus protection. |
In reply to Message (7771) Off topic- another techie question
By buddy - Thu 01/01/04 13:28:13 GMT I have DSL... About a year ago I started noticing that often when I powered down windows 98 it would say another computer was connected to mine. So I got some freeware called "Net Sentinel" that apparently detects when these other computers connect, and lets me disconnect them. So, now, several times while I am online, Net Sentinel plays its warning tone, and I must boot "someone" off. I don't think these other "people" are able to download anything, or access my HD in any way (it's not shared), but they are still apparently connected in some sense. Whenever I boot someone, they reconnect again, usually around 5 minutes later, under a different "role"- user, admininstrator, owner, [person's name], [blank], etc. This usually continues 5 or 6 times, then the connector gives up. This is really more of an annoyance than a danger IMO, but I am a bit curious-
Are these actual "people" who are attempting connect for some purpose, or is it some automatic function of some machine(s) somewhere? Any good ideas of good software I can use to block this nonsense without excessively loading up my HD/ eating up my CPU's resources/ causing bugs/ problems with my web access?
Any hints from the tech savvy would be appreciated!
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