Originally posted here by empireapparel
well i have cable internet, supplied by cox media.

well thanks alot for your help now i dont want to drag this thread with my redundant newbie questions so whats your final diagnosis and suggestion for my plan of attack? is my traffic of people exploring normal and i shouldnt worry about it? and if its not whats the next step of security the firewall router? also can i just like hide my ip so i wont even get attempts?

thanks for your help.
well i'm like you and new and amazed at the amount of traffic around my ports. increase the security to high...then you can go underthe internet sections denies access to sites, if you can get the addresses (go to the web and search ip addresses, there are free searches you can do to track an ip address to a site or host), then you can block access. but with a high security level at first you will get alot of windows from your wall about new sites you're going to gaining access. just bear with this and give them access if you trust them. now i have also increase my cookie security though my control panel/internet options/privacy. but again, there is a place to override these setting and you can ban cookies from site, or always allow cookies from the sites you know. its a bit of a pain at first, but my as-aware checks are now neg and virus scans are none. and i think as i work with it and get my sites acknowledged it won't be such a problem. its not your ip that is the problem its your ports, and usually your ip will change with each log on. try what i said....if you need some extra help ( us newbies gotta stick together, pm me ok?)