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I just installed Panda AV Firewall.

It just said it has blocked an intrusion attempt against my computer:

Attack type: Port scan

The IP address it came from is 68.85.208.116

Is this a dangerous or harmless attempt?

Thanks!

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 01:10:01 -0500, "Julie P."
<> wrote:

>I just installed Panda AV Firewall.
>
>It just said it has blocked an intrusion attempt against my computer:
>
>Attack type: Port scan
>
>The IP address it came from is 68.85.208.116
>
>Is this a dangerous or harmless attempt?
>


It's from Comcast, the same ISP as yours. I wouldn't worry about port
scans. My Linux server gets around 60 a day.

"cluedweasel" <> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 01:10:01 -0500, "Julie P."
> <> wrote:
>
>>I just installed Panda AV Firewall.
>>
>>It just said it has blocked an intrusion attempt against my computer:
>>
>>Attack type: Port scan
>>
>>The IP address it came from is 68.85.208.116
>>
>>Is this a dangerous or harmless attempt?
>>
>
>
> It's from Comcast, the same ISP as yours. I wouldn't worry about port
> scans. My Linux server gets around 60 a day.

thanks so much clued!

"Julie P." wrote in message news:NuCdnTIbzaAmUKrfRVn-

> The IP address it came from is 68.85.208.116

Put this site in your favorites... http://www.dnsstuff.com/

A quick IP WHOIS lookup gives this...

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=!NET-68-85-208-0-1&server=whois.arin.net

Which is COMCAST in Baltimore

"Dave Lear" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Julie P." wrote in message news:NuCdnTIbzaAmUKrfRVn-
>
>> The IP address it came from is 68.85.208.116
>
> Put this site in your favorites... http://www.dnsstuff.com/
>
> A quick IP WHOIS lookup gives this...
>
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=!NET-68-85-208-0-1&server=whois.arin.net
>
> Which is COMCAST in Baltimore

Thanks David! I have bookmarked that site.

J.
>

Julie P. wrote:
>
> I just installed Panda AV Firewall.
> It just said it has blocked an intrusion attempt against my computer:
> Attack type: Port scan
> The IP address it came from is 68.85.208.116
> Is this a dangerous or harmless attempt?

Who cares? Just let it do its job and turn off the alerts.







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"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
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> Julie P. wrote:
>>
>> I just installed Panda AV Firewall.
>> It just said it has blocked an intrusion attempt against my computer:
>> Attack type: Port scan
>> The IP address it came from is 68.85.208.116
>> Is this a dangerous or harmless attempt?
>
> Who cares? Just let it do its job and turn off the alerts.


I thought it might be an authorized contact from Comcast. I don't want to
turn alerts off, as I need to be able to manually allow authorized
connections, such as when I try to FTP.

Julie P. wrote:
>
> >> Is this a dangerous or harmless attempt?
> >
> > Who cares? Just let it do its job and turn off the alerts.
>
> I thought it might be an authorized contact from Comcast. I don't want to
> turn alerts off, as I need to be able to manually allow authorized
> connections, such as when I try to FTP.

Okey dokey.

[pondus]

Are you seriously recommending a WEBSITE for finding ip details?
Doing a dns check is easiest by opening up cmd.exe and type in
"nslookup <domain>" like for instance "nslookup velocityreviews.com"
(of course without the qoutes..) This tells you the ip.
You can also do this with IP instead of DOMAIN, and can se what ISP for instance.