Comments on: Beware of port scanning

By: Raymond Juillerat

Raymond Juillerat — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:28:02 +0000

FTP in passive mode transmitting each block through another port: your solution getting around this problem ? With one provider, I had to switch to active mode, but it’s not the recommended solution, therefore the question. Does it not look rather like port scanning ?

By: Nevi

Nevi — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:39:57 +0000

Outpost is a good firewall,Online Armour probably even better.If you use firewalls of this caliber,coupled with a good updated antivirus,you are safe.But its probably just as important to make sure your whole computer is patched up all over.If there are holes,they will be used.

By: Devin

Devin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:32:49 +0000

Outpost rocks, port scans blocked several times. Once was a chat session with a HP printer tech to fix my printer and he scanned my port to see if I was still on chat with him. After the block he asked if I was still there. He thought that we got disconnected

By: Lady D

Lady D — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:20:53 +0000

Hi. I remember years ago, a virus circulating was called “little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.” I recall that I sent the warning email to friends/family and co-workers.. Well needless to say….months later a distant cousin received the forewarned malicious email labeled as per my warning email content…she had not paid my warning attention and as a result required her entire computer rebuilt!!! It is always difficult to decipher between what is a real threat and those that are perceived or just for someone else’s fun and games. I do believe that all we can do is exercise with caution, take all the steps that we can in order to protect ourselves, and then hope for the best.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:54:58 +0000

It is so frightning that these days even when we know we have kept everything up to date, a new threat might get through. We’ve received letters from time to time warning of a new virus that will wipe everything, verified by Microsoft and Norton (for example) Pass it on… I don’t pass it on I think this is a circular letter that will create a denial of service as I notice happens every time one of these gets out and everyone is sending on to everyone. Yet one day such a warning could be valid. But I think that such a virus will have already got us before it can be identified to warn about!
Erc