my ports keeps on getting scanned

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Originally posted here by Blitz
I am no expert but I too was being scanned all the time and decided to take action like you. I was running ZA as well. What ports are being scanned? www.grc.com is a very helpful site. I was getting hit on 137 (15,000 some times) and it shows you how to disable NetBios and the like, since then I haven't been scanned once!

Hope that helps :p

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Those hits on port 137 don't always mean that you are being actively scanned by some other person. When some of these worms come out, there are often increases in traffic on port 137 - Bugbear was one, there have been others. It was just one way that the worm was trying to use to propogate across networks.. I experience these hits often, but they are being stopped at my firewall.

tammy_hope, have you checked and seen the address that these scans are coming from as MsMittens suggested?

I was seeing them as scans in Zonelogger but that is good to know! My FW was blocking them as well( so I hoped!). Thanks for the input :p

And they could have been - but you were smart in taking some steps to help your situation.. Steve Gibson's site has some pretty good stuff on it, and his scan that is available from the site is a starting point as far as protecting your PC...

Well , Sometimes when you connect to irc they scan your computer to find out if you are running a wingate or going through a proxy or something like that.But other than that , Report the ip to the isp.

dont get me wrong
why would anyone scan your system if hese innocent
he must have a good or bad reason.
look i give you an example

yesterday we were coming from syd to canberra





some fag behind us had his headlight turned on the full beam. So my dad cauldnot see coz his mirrors were reflecting the light into his eyes.

this went on for about 15 mins










he stopped when my dad lit this headlight on full beam . when my dad was going slow and he (fag)was in front of my dad. Now he understood and turned his beam off.











see
thatz what i meant





not to keep him in trouble but show how you feel

Port scanning is part of the Net. Just get use to it....it will never stop....never...

Honestly, port scanning is not "illegal". They aren't breaking into your system. Just looking at the info. from your system, so they can break into it nice and illegal like later on..............

d0ppleg@nger said:

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Honestly, port scanning is not "illegal".

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That depends on the state and country. Some states in the US have determined it illegal. I remember discussion that resulted because some states determined it was illegal while others said it wasn't.

Can I scan your ports with one of my "utilities" baby. I promise I won't wont go in through the backdoor, unless I have your permission.

What you really want to do is disable all of you unnecessary services, check to ensure that only user accounts that need to be in place are actually there. Enable the default firewall the comes with your operating system (Zone Alarm for windows users recommended). Make sure that if you are offering any services that your system is fully up to date as per your OS vendor. Also, making sure that your system is logging security, system, and management features wouldn't hurt. This should keep you resonably safe from some scans. You may also want to scan yourself, as there may be hidden services running that you are not aware of. Probably want to disable remote logon's for a while, until things cool down. Goodluck!


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d0ppleg@nger said:
Honestly, port scanning is not "illegal".

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MsMittens said:
That depends on the state and country. Some states in the US have determined it illegal. I remember discussion that resulted because some states determined it was illegal while others said it wasn't.

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I believe that some ISP's prohibit portscanning as well..