Attacks, attacks

[John Hirsch]

Gents/Ladies:

I installed WINGATE on my xp machine (for something else, but hey). It has
a logging gui that shows all the attempts to connect to my machine (via
RoadRunner).

Many, many. Say 20-30 an HOUR.

What, if anything, should I do about these attacks?

Thanks
John (beginner) Hirsch

[Rob Schneider]

John Hirsch wrote:
> Gents/Ladies:
>
> I installed WINGATE on my xp machine (for something else, but hey). It has
> a logging gui that shows all the attempts to connect to my machine (via
> RoadRunner).
>
> Many, many. Say 20-30 an HOUR.
>
> What, if anything, should I do about these attacks?
>
> Thanks
> John (beginner) Hirsch
>
>
sad, isn't it. that's normal. just make sure all those ports are blocked.

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

John ,

Depending on the data you can gather about the attacker - such as who their
ISP is and their IP address - you can report them to there ISP.
I certainly did that in the UK recently where a number of "attacks" came
from users of BT Openworld ISP services. The use of portscanning and other
tools by person using that ISP is a breach of their contract and as such if
you report them then they can get their service withdrawn.

Other then that - you just have to ensure that your firewall and antivirus
software are all doing there job and configured properly.

--
Regards,

Mike
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"John Hirsch" > wrote in message
...
> Gents/Ladies:
>
> I installed WINGATE on my xp machine (for something else, but hey). It
has
> a logging gui that shows all the attempts to connect to my machine (via
> RoadRunner).
>
> Many, many. Say 20-30 an HOUR.
>
> What, if anything, should I do about these attacks?
>
> Thanks
> John (beginner) Hirsch
>
>