Grr! :rant:

As if I'm not in enough of a foul mood already! :rant:

Some fool is trying to hack into my computer! Luckily Zone Alarm is blocking the attempts, but there's been 2 in the last half hour!

Dam you busted me..... :P

Not the first time eh Rich? I remember your msn account got hacked and a nasty message was put on your display status.

When you were on my buddy list thingy of course. Ya not now tho! Why?! :mad:

FFS! Another one just now! :rant:

Who is doing this and why?!

I get a couple of attempts every day bouncing off the firewall here - if you have a fixed IP it's almost inevitable that you'll get some attention from the Far East. Most of the attempts on my network have originated from China or Korea.

Just make sure stuff's nailed down in terms of ports, keep your AV and anti-spyware up to date and make sure your firewall stays on.

On the whole a lot of these attacks are automated from people looking for PCs to add to botnets.

Well what with someone with your high profile I suppose there are hundreds of hackers wanting to hack your computer - they could make millions.

tbh rich, the majority of warnings on firewalls are general internet chatter, not hackers trying to pop a cap in yo ass

tbh rich, the majority of warnings on firewalls are general internet chatter, not hackers trying to pop a cap in yo ass

What he said - it's 99.99999999999% likely to be nothing. You have Zone Alarm so why are you even worried?

Unless your real name is David Lightman, your PC is hooked up to a WOPR computer in Cheyenne Mountain and you're worried about setting off WW3 with some rogue nukes............

I used to have hundreds of attempts an hour on the ZoneAlarm on my desktop before I installed my router; now I have none whatsoever. As melthebell says, it's mostly Internet 'noise' and random port scans and not someone specifically targeting you.

:)

What he said - it's 99.99999999999% likely to be nothing. You have Zone Alarm so why are you even worried?

Unless your real name is David Lightman, your PC is hooked up to a WOPR computer in Cheyenne Mountain and you're worried about setting off WW3 with some rogue nukes............

who the hells david lightman? lol
thats gone straight over me

I think it is Sony Corp getting revenge on all the negative stuff you have posted about their products over the years.

A PS3 botnet trying to DNS him, but there just aren't enough of them sold yet to be effective.

who the hells david lightman? lol
thats gone straight over me

He was the character in the film Wargames, who hacked into a government computer and accidentally started world war 3

When you were on my buddy list thingy of course. Ya not now tho! Why?! :mad:

I had to change my MSN account after the hack attempt.

Send me a request and I'll put you back in my list :)

He was the character in the film Wargames, who hacked into a government computer and accidentally started world war 3

SHALL WE PLAY A GAME ? >>> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAcEzhQ7oqA)

:P