Hacker Scum!

[Rob]

well been sitting here for a while, and keep getting lovesan attacks from the same 2 IP's

they are on the same ISP as me, but the ISP is pretty useless about doing something about it. the IP's are fixed.

the IP's concerned are: 84.73.214.36 and 84.73.216.189

what are my options? u can PM me a suggestion for revenge if u wish! :winky:

[aido]

To be honest Rob I'm guessing you're on a similar subnet to those machines and they're infected with a worm type virus that is just scanning certain ranges for machines to attack - what exactly is the firewall coming up with?

To be honest nowdays on the net there's that much crap traffic like this that the firewall vendors would be better lowering the severity of it...

What I used to do when I was getting attacked by 'zombie' machines infected I'd just hack onto them, patch them, and reboot, used to be great in the old days :D

[MrADeveci]

The first 4 digits of that IP are the same as yours .........

84.73.***.***

[MrADeveci]

The host name for 84.73.214.36 is 84-73-214-36.dclient.hispeed.ch

There are no LOC members listed with that IP address you will be pleased to know :)

[aido]

To be honest Rob I'm guessing you're on a similar subnet to those machines...

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The first 4 digits of that IP are the same as yours .........

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Good to see I've still got it

[Rob]

yep its the same ISP as mine, i get the warning as s oon as i switch the machine on really as the network is always on - something i dont like. Would a router help in these sort of situations?

yes 84.73 is for my ISP

[aido]

Yeah it would get rid of all this **** mate as your router would be the device connected directly to the net and so these broadcasts can't get to your machine - makes things much safer :D

I have nightmares about connecting any machine directly to the net nowadays, there are vulnerabilities in everything now!

It was one of the reasons I went down the Mac route - it's not as high profile as Windows or Linux so more hacks are out there for those platforms, the Mac is nice :)

[mark_cardiff]

yeh im looking to change to mac soon.. getting fed up with PC problems... and they look alot nicer!

[aido]

I'm impressed with it mate, used to rebuild my PC every few months to keep it running smooth and haven't needed to ever rebuild the Mac in four years!

Think I might at some point as I've had lots of crap software installed over the years but it keeps running happily, can't fault something that I only reboot to install system upgrades :)

[Rob]

any suggestions on which one to get?? i dont need anything fancy just something easy that works!

[aido]

To be honest not sure mate, are you on cable or DSL?

I'm using an old (but rock solid) Efficient Networks 5861, works great, unfortunately at the mo I'm just using an Actiontec pile of ******* which was free and 54Meg wireless but I'm going to get an access point and just connect that into the back of the EN5861, that thing never let me down!

Do you want wireless or anything like that mate?

[mus26c]

I am using Kaspersky antivirus and keeps blocking lovesan virus

[Rob]

I am using Kaspersky antivirus and keeps blocking lovesan virus

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me too! aido, im on cable dont need a wireless, the cable goes to the wall port in the next room anyway. what do u suggest?

[aido]

Sounds like you just need a broadband router like these on this page:

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/default_Sh...upID=12&Alt=Yes

Sonds like it connects to your cable modem and then just connect your pc to the router?

Haven't ever used cable mate, maybe someone on here with able and a router could help?

[johnboy]

I have ntl cable broadband with a linksys ethernet router,

havent had any probs with them,

can run up to 4 computers

john

[Steve]

is the Lovescan a open port scanner?

[aido]

No Steve, just another Blaster clone...

http://www.avp.ch/avpve/worms/win32/lovesan.stm

Although I have to admit a Lovescan does sound like a service you could get in a Czechoslovakian brothel :o