net bios hacking

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I dont have a firewall but a router.

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does your router have a firewall, because if it does then port 139 should already be blocked.
Also, are you on a network, because the router firewall won't block ports within the network. If you are not on a network, I recommend that you uninstall netbios, here is a link from within the thread

http://www.techsupportalert.com/search/t1720.pdf

good luck.

If you have a router, and using port address translation (Many to One), you should be protected from this. With this, there is no translation built for this port, so an incoming connection has no way of getting there.

If you have a firewall....you should also be protected, because if the firewall is doing what it should be doing. If a connection attempt is made and the connection wasn't initiated from the inside, then it shouldn't let that traffic pass through.

If you have static address translations, or have your computer is directly connected to your cable modem or you have opened up the 'evil' ports, well then....all bets are off.

Obvisouly different vendors equipment will have different options, but these are standard options among most routers/firewalls.

laters.


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If you're inside the network, then either put another firewall between you and the lan or run something like BlackICE or another host-based IDS application.

hmm, nbstat is unrecognized on my comp...

That's probably a good thing. I think all that means is that you don't have NetBIOS installed. That is good security wise. Just be thankful. You should be able to find something on here or at google if you want to turn it on. Try right-clicking on network neighborhood or my network places and selecting properties. If you do turn it on make sure you have a good firewall configured correctly.

does that mean noone can use that against me?
if so, i think i'll leave it off, its my good comp

I'm pretty sure that it does. Even so you still want to have a firewall and antivirus sofware.
firewall: http://soho.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm
The one at the bottom there is free.
Antivirus: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
Be safe.

ive got antivirus and a fire wall, and a firewall with my router

Sounds like you're in good shape. Just watch your computer and make sure nothing funny ever happens on it such as folders popping up that weren't there before, and the harddrive light blinking for more than a few seconds when the computer is doing nothing. If you have a firewall it is probably safe to turn netBIOS on so you can learn about the stuff in this tutorial. Just make sure the firewall blocks port 139. You should be able find info on netBIOS from google.

ok but... ive got a few games, Warcraft 3, Americas army, and to play those i turned on port forwarding with my router, am i still safe??
btw is black ice a good firewall?

When you say you turned on port forwarding, I'm going to assume you only forward the requests for the port used by the game and no others. In that case you are fairly safe. I say fairly, because, no matter what you do, if someone has the determination and the skill, you will get owned. But I wouldn't worry too much. Sounds like you are doing a lot of the right things. As for Black Ice, I've never used it, but most firewalls will do the job just fine as long as they are configured properly.

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If you have any more questions just PM me since this already seems to be a one on one discussion. If I can't help you, and google and the forum search can't help you, then post it here or some other related thread, or just make a new thread and I'm sure someone will be able to help you.