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NilsC · 05-30-2003, 07:45 AM

I just ran Adaware on my DMZ computer at home last night, over 1100 references to spyware, cookies, possible browser hijack attempt. I had 800 references to port scanning from 40 different IP ranges, some of them faked. 22 hacker/cracker attempts and 1 h/c that got in and trashed the files on the c:\ drive.

I used Norton Ghost to restore this old 486 to it's glory so she can defend my home network another day.

So the moral is, anyone with an highspeed internet connection should install some sort of firewall, turn off all unneeded network functions, and if you have to share drives do NOT use C:\ without a password as the share name.

IMHO hackers/crackers s%&*s, as bad as popups and adware, spyware.

Nils

05-30-2003, 07:45 AM	#17
NilsC Kayak Fish with us. iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Stonington, CT Posts: 586	I just ran Adaware on my DMZ computer at home last night, over 1100 references to spyware, cookies, possible browser hijack attempt. I had 800 references to port scanning from 40 different IP ranges, some of them faked. 22 hacker/cracker attempts and 1 h/c that got in and trashed the files on the c:\ drive. I used Norton Ghost to restore this old 486 to it's glory so she can defend my home network another day. So the moral is, anyone with an highspeed internet connection should install some sort of firewall, turn off all unneeded network functions, and if you have to share drives do NOT use C:\ without a password as the share name. IMHO hackers/crackers s%&*s, as bad as popups and adware, spyware. Nils
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