Too many hack attempts...

[urjoc]

ho, I forgot to mention, the main reason I'm not used to this "thin foil hat" expression is because I'm a Frog (Qc, Canada) and use to speak french. ;)

[+BudMan MVC]

Yeah I caught the Canadian part -- did you not notice my "Canuck" reference? ;)

[HydraHeaded]

Hmm... the conversation's gone askew...

Anyway, loose tin foil hat or not, I still think an IP that keeps changing is better, since one that remains the same would mean it is always known you are on that compu. Like I've said earlier, I don't know much about these things, maybe nothing... :((

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As for paranoia, I never worried about people trying to get me earlier, but about two months back, the computer went hang when I was on the net, and when I restarted manually, later I found that ZoneAlarm had blocked two serious attempts. A few days after that, the problems began: every time I started the computer, the Found New Hardware dialog would come up, and at times I even allowed it to run, but it would say the new hardware couldnt be installed. Then Internet Explorer (which I didnt use, just let it remain in the background) started opening on its own; later, I came to know that at least one part of the problem was by something called Trojan.Vundo. Since I had installed all the security apps, I found it strange that things (noise or whatever you call them) were able to get in, especially since I had till now never ever faced any such problem. So now, I think its better to be safe rather than finding oneself ****ed. To a person who doesn't know much, a burst in security warnings is bound to be unnerving.

Bitdefender blocked two port scanning attempts today... should I be worried...

Edited May 10, 2008 by Colin-uk

[+BudMan MVC]

"Bitdefender blocked two port scanning attempts today... should I be worried..."

I thought you were going to put your router doing NAT? You would not see port scans if you were behind a NAT..

As to your IP changing.. Who is going to know???

"remains the same would mean it is always known you are on that compu. "

WHO is going to always know?? The people in the black helicopters?

As to how you got infected with "Trojan.Vundo" There are lots of way.

Put your modem back to being a NAT router vs just a bridge.

[Cocaine234123]

Networking For Dummies

[HydraHeaded]

Changing the IP has its benefit in that I don't need to wait (as a free user) to download from RapidShare. I am not such a heavy downloader that I'd go in for a premium account. Earlier, with the modem saving the username password, I had to manually switch off / on the modem, and it would take up to two minutes for the whole process to complete. Now, once the modem connects to the network, all I have to do is just press disconnect on the internet connection dialog box, and relogin, and I can relogin in five seconds flat, and get to work.

I have tried using ipconfig /renew, but it gives the message "the operation failed as no adapter is in the state permissible for this operation"; I read that you have to keep the setting as "Obtain IP address automatically", and I tried that, now after some time, I get the message "An error occurred while renewing interface Net : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out."

If there is any method where the modem is a NAT router, and also the IP can be changed instantly, then tell me.

[urjoc]

Yeah I caught the Canadian part -- did you not notice my "Canuck" reference? ;)

yeah but I tought you were talking to the Vancouver's guy..... (isn't there an NHL team witch name is Canuck's from Vancouver?)

http://canucks.nhl.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canuck

I learn new things everyday!

... should I be worried...

yes you should, but not for the same reason you think.... as I've seen on your other thread, you wanted to use windows 98 on a double core three gigahertz pentium because XP is to slow, defenetly your heading to the wrong direction, your computer's probably filled up with viruses or spyware or adware or any kind of crap software that just shouldn't be there, and as for your router, look's like you just messed it all up and the situation is going out of control for you. This is not bad or pejorative, when we feel a pain on our body, we go see a doctor because it's impossible for everyone of us to know everything. I still think you should pay someone to come and help you a little bit, then everything would be fine..... :)

Networking For Dummies

the link works but I only get a 1K file impossible to read in adobe 8.1 or 6.0

[+shift. MVC]

Yes there is a hockey team in Vancouver and they are the Canucks :)

As for the OP, your first priority right now would be to put your router back into NAT mode.

[Cocaine234123]

dunno what the sotry is with the link, sorry :(

Seems to be working now - Networking for dummies

Edited May 10, 2008 by Cocaine234123

[HydraHeaded]

.... as I've seen on your other thread, you wanted to use windows 98 on a double core three gigahertz pentium because XP is to slow, defenetly your heading to the wrong direction, your computer's probably filled up with viruses or spyware or adware or any kind of crap software that just shouldn't be there ...

I've scanned the computer with BitDefender, and with all the scanning apps that Zone Alarm and SpyWare Doctor and SpyBot have, and they all say the computer is clean. But HD movies won't play properly on my computer, the audio and video go out of sync after a while. Maybe I should just format it all once and reinstall and then see what happens.

[urjoc]

First thing I suggest before you attempt fixing any software issue, did you "stress and test" your hardware to make sure it is stable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_test

Edited May 10, 2008 by urjoc

[urjoc]

as for a pentium 4 being slow... are you sure it don't self protect itself because it's overheating (like half a inch of dust on the cpu heatsink)?

I don't know all of the anti-spy softwares you use, but I just would like you to know that some of those "great software" are just an open door for more sh*t.

also, some applications, that use/modify shared files and registery may cause compatibility problems between them, (specially if you use programs that were design for win 9x)...

and we could go on for a while like this....

I'm a automotive technician and tuesday this week, I had to fix a "no start" condition on a '97 hyundai accent. The owner of the car had been trying hard to get it running for the last 3 weeks because he don't have a lots of money and he wanted to save his pennies... result: I spent about three and a half hours just for putting back together all the things the owner messed up when I attempted to diagnose is problem..... then I spent about three quarter an hour diagnosing/fixing the reason why his car has been stuck in his driveway for the last 3 weeks.

By the way, the networking problem we should be talking about in this thread is still not solved as far as I can see.....

For the third time, please do yourself a favor! Your computer is screaming because he's hurt, call himself a doctor.

[+BudMan MVC]

Changing the IP has its benefit in that I don't need to wait (as a free user) to download from RapidShare. I am

If there is any method where the modem is a NAT router, and also the IP can be changed instantly, then tell me.

Im not sure on your model, but most routers support a disconnect from the pppoe.. Just login to the router web ui to do this.. This would provide the same feature as you doing it on your computer.

So what you can not wait 30 freaking seconds to download a file???

Once your behind a NAT, doing a ipconfig /renew on your PC will do nothing but renew your lease from your routers dhcp server. Which would have to be enabled for starters, and yes your pc would have to be set to use dhcp to get its ip.

Which has NOTHING to do with what your public IP is. This would only be on your router, once you switch it back to NAT.

[abcdefg]

So what you can not wait 30 freaking seconds to download a file???

It's something like around one minute for every megabyte you've downloaded before you can download more. So after 100MB you have to wait 100 minutes.

[HydraHeaded]

First thing I suggest before you attempt fixing any software issue, did you "stress and test" your hardware to make sure it is stable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_test

Went to the wikipedia page, found something called GIMPS, but the test there says it will take a month! Maybe you could guide me on this.

as for a pentium 4 being slow... are you sure it don't self protect itself because it's overheating (like half a inch of dust on the cpu heatsink)?

"self protect", what's that?

Well, my CPU fan makes a horrible noise at times, like someone is trying to kill it and it is calling out for help. In the older version of Win XP (the one that I have been using for more than an year now, and have messed up), in many drives, the Disk Cleanup just doesn't start, and at this time, the CPU fan starts working furiously. I called my computer guy, and he said that this is normal, and all new PCs have CPU fans which increase and decrease their speed. As for dust, he said there is nothing that can be done about it: he said he'd come and remove it from time to time, but asked me not to do it, as I might end up damaging something else.

I have found this new computer to be pretty slow when I look at all that it is (P4 3.0 GHz; 1 GB RAM); my older computer (P3 1.5 GHz; 256 MB RAM) gives pretty much the same performance it seems. I mean, I haven't found any real increase in the loading time of windows or of any softwares.

But I think before thinking of formatting the whole thing, I'll have to do something else to make sure there is no hardware problem.

And yes, I have to wait about an hour or so after one file finishes downloading from RapidShare; now all I do is press disconnect, and then connect again, and the whole process take ten seconds.

[+shift. MVC]

What does your P4 processor being slow has anything to do with how you're not behind a NAT and are recieving port scans on your BitDefender....:|