port 139 open

so how do we disable port 139 on win98.. :confused:

Turn off file and printer sharing in the network settings

you say you have been to GRC... you seem to have missed looking at the 'network bondage' page at that site. Suggest you have a look at it , it's here

http://grc.com/su-bondage.htm

It is much more permanent that simply turning off file/printer sharing and gives some insight into protocol bindings. But I would suggest you read it thouroughly before you attempt it.

hope it helps

Z

This is good info on port 137-139, NETBios, the most attacked port according to Internet Storm Center

I could have swore that there is a Services file under Windows that a person could edit in notepad and turn services off, or comment them out. Is this true?

I'm pretty sure I turned off telnet and ftp this way for my W2K box. Nmap scan did not find anything listening on those ports

Er.... It's pretty easy to turn off FTP and Telnet on a Win2k box anyway. Telnet doesn't come loaded as default so unless you install it - it won't be there and if you go into IIS admin you simply have to Stop the FTP service and voila..... all gone. Of course, if you aren't running a web server then uninstall all of IIS and you are solid... Well, at least from those ports point of view....<s>

Yes I would definetely recommend that you turn off ALL forms of remote file sharing on your system.But anyways here is a site if your looking for screenshots and you find yourself a little clueless on the task at hand.http://site.lisco.com/support/wirele...8fileshare.htm