[polling]

HI GUYS I'M NOT SURE IF I'M POSTING THIS IN THE RIGHT PLACE BUT I HAVE SYEGATE AS MY FIREWALL I RECIEVED A MESSAGE FROM SYEGATE THAT A PORT SCAN ATTACK HAD BEEN LOGGED ON. DOES ANYONE KNOWS WHAT THIS MEAN? DO I NEED EXTRA PROTECTION AND IF SO WHAT DO I DO TO GET RID OF THIS PORT SCAN ATTACK ? THANX IN ADVANCE I'M A NEWBIE TO COMPUTERS BUT EVERYTIME I 'VE RUN INTO A PROBLEM THIS FORUM ALWAYS HELP ME OUT OF MY JAMS THANX

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first off..don't type ini all caps..it's concidered yelling...also check the help files of your firewall and see if it has any clues....a port scan attack basically means someone scanned your system for open ports....if the actual wording was that a port scan was able to log on to your machine then that means someone got into your system through an open port...if the message was that a port scan attack was logged...then it just means someone tried a port scan

[dsenette]

first off..don't type ini all caps..it's concidered yelling...also check the help files of your firewall and see if it has any clues....a port scan attack basically means someone scanned your system for open ports....if the actual wording was that a port scan was able to log on to your machine then that means someone got into your system through an open port...if the message was that a port scan attack was logged...then it just means someone tried a port scan

[polling]

thanx for responding. this is the message i got it my logs : Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's UDP ports:
1028, 1030, 1031, and 2 have been scanned from 61.152.158.125..


sorry about the caps i didn't know that's what it meant i use it so i can see if i made any grammatical mistakes could you help me stop this scan attack


and btw i just recieved another message from my firewall and it says that the port scan attack is logged

Edited by polling, 03 August 2005 - 09:21 AM.

[dsenette]

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 <-- go there and scan your pc for open ports.....if the ports that your sygate is saying are being scanned are open...have it close them

[polling]

thanx i did all the scans and the site stated that everything was fine. so what i guess is happening is that someone is trying to log on but isn't getting the access. when the site started to run the scan i got a message from my firewall that a port scan attack was logged thanx dsenette you rock

[polling]

thanx thatman i followed all the steps you stated but i'm not sure what i did exactly thanx for responding to my post

[polling]

very funny hahahahahahaha i can't read that s**t neither thanx thatman you rock