Re: is my pc being used to launch DoS attacks ?

Uh oh! Download and run Spybot Search and Destroy, Ad-aware, Pest Patrol
and HiJack This! soon. Make sure you have your firewall configured to ask
permission for any and all outgoing or incoming traffic. You can then
decided if the traffic is legitimate and teach the firewall to allow only
the traffic you want.

"tarquinlinbin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:13:48 -0800, "Kevin" <>
> wrote:
>
> >You shouldn't be seeing any connect attempts at all. The router should
be
> >rendering your system invisible. Go to www.dslreports.com and use their
> >tools to run a port scan on your machine. You want your machine to be
> >completely stealthy. I don't have a router but I do have DSL modem and I
> >use Zone Alarm Pro as my firewall. When I run the port scan test from
> >dlsreports I always find my machine totally stealthy and undetected.
Have
> >you sent email to the abuse department at the website these attacks are
> >originating from?
> >
> I'm not an expert but the connect attempts appear to be outgoing from
> my pc rather than incoming!!,thats what worries me!

Kevin