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Internet security question	by bimkins	2006-10-26 22:23:51
Norton AV has been giving me frequent reports of worm attacks that it's blocking. This has started within the past couple of weeks. Sometimes I will get one notice in an hour. Other times, I will get three within five minutes. I have run a complete virus and spyware scan (NAV for virus, Webroot Spysweeper for spyware), and both have turned up clean. In all instantces, the attack target on my laptop is the same, but the attacker's IP address is different. This is what NAV tells me: MSRPC SrvSvc NetApi Buffer Overflow (2) Attacked port: netbios-ssn(139) My laptop is running WinXP Home (all 4065 patches and updates installed). I'm behind a D-Link DI-524 wireless router with security on. Anybody have any thoughts or suggestions? Is this something that I can ignore, or is this something that I should be worried about?
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If you're behind a wireless router you	by ToLazyToThink	2006-10-26 22:39:46
Port 139 _through_ a NAT?	by kahuana	2006-10-26 22:40:59
erm... why is port 139 being forwarded?	by Freakazoid	2006-10-26 22:46:45
Another thing is to make sure your password	by ToLazyToThink	2006-10-26 22:51:45
point, that. Totally forgot about that nastyness	by Freakazoid	2006-10-26 22:58:12
Turn off wireless.	by RetiQlum2	2006-10-26 23:11:16
also, what do you mean by "security on"?	by Freakazoid	2006-10-26 23:14:39
thanks, folks	by bimkins	2006-10-26 23:25:41

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