Broadband connection

[Patty]

I don't know if i'm in the right group but after reading
some messages in here about firewalls.....i went to see
if my firewall was enabled being that i'm connected via
dsl router, microsoft wireless router, and this
particular computer is hooked up to a Lyncsys wireless G
adapter. I noticed that my Wireless G Adapter is enabled
and i have internet connection but where it says Lan
Connection...there's an X going through it and it says
something about a cable not being connected. Can I
connect my LAN on this computer without it causing all
kind of problems in my network setup. I ask this because
i have an AOL account and I use whatever Lan is to access
it. On top of the two computers....my 2 sons have the x-
box live adapters that use the microsoft router to pick
up the signals for them to play. Would i have to
configure everything all over again if i was to enable my
Lan connection?? I was wondering if this might be the
way that whoever is hacking into my search engine is
getting into it?? I hope this message makes
sense...lol.......Thanx Patty

 

[Vagabond Software]

Plugging in a LAN cable shouldn't cause any problems at all... but if you
have a Bring Your Own Access (BYOA) AOL Account; there should be no need to
plug the LAN cable into your laptop if you can access the internet via the
wireless G adapter.

Chances are that whoever has hijacked your search engine has done so because
someone installed something on the laptop. An application like Ad-Aware for
something similar should fix that particular problem.

- carl

 

[Jim Macklin]

If you are using a wireless router, you have a two-way radio
that typically is broadcasting a signal to everybody within
a 300 foot circle, "Here I am, use me."

You need to setup your wireless router to only accept
connections from known computers (MAC filter) and to stop
broadcasting the SSID. Also you need to have WEP or WAP
security enabled.

And since I am careful, I'd also run Zone Alarm on the
computer, it is a better firewall than the XP firewall.

And you need current anti-virus, spyware detection (I like
SpyBot Search & Destroy from www.safer-networking.org and
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com .

Be sure to have al the Windows critical updates.


message | Plugging in a LAN cable shouldn't cause any problems at
all... but if you
| have a Bring Your Own Access (BYOA) AOL Account; there
should be no need to
| plug the LAN cable into your laptop if you can access the
internet via the
| wireless G adapter.
|
| Chances are that whoever has hijacked your search engine
has done so because
| someone installed something on the laptop. An application
like Ad-Aware for
| something similar should fix that particular problem.
|
| - carl
|
message
| | > I don't know if i'm in the right group but after reading
| > some messages in here about firewalls.....i went to see
| > if my firewall was enabled being that i'm connected via
| > dsl router, microsoft wireless router, and this
| > particular computer is hooked up to a Lyncsys wireless G
| > adapter. I noticed that my Wireless G Adapter is
enabled
| > and i have internet connection but where it says Lan
| > Connection...there's an X going through it and it says
| > something about a cable not being connected. Can I
| > connect my LAN on this computer without it causing all
| > kind of problems in my network setup. I ask this
because
| > i have an AOL account and I use whatever Lan is to
access
| > it. On top of the two computers....my 2 sons have the
x-
| > box live adapters that use the microsoft router to pick
| > up the signals for them to play. Would i have to
| > configure everything all over again if i was to enable
my
| > Lan connection?? I was wondering if this might be the
| > way that whoever is hacking into my search engine is
| > getting into it?? I hope this message makes
| > sense...lol.......Thanx Patty
|
|

 

[Guest]

How do i go about setting up my computer that way. I
have 2 personal computers .....one being hooked up to the
DSL box and microsoft wireless router and the other one
is hooked up via Lyncsys Wireless G Adapter. I also have
two X-box live (MN-740) adapters hooked up to my sons x-
box consoles. When they lose their signal while playing
x-box....they have to retype in their WEP settings (28
digits and letters) and save in order to get back into
the game. Are they considered "safe" with this WEP
setting? Would i have to re-configure everything once i
try set it up with MAC filters?? I'm not very computer
savy so if you can explain this in sort of laymen
terms......i would appreciate it. I did check my
Firewall with XP and it wasn't enabled. I did enable it
and did a virus scan (after updating) and at first it
found 12 possible threats. I was able to delete all of
them with the exception of 2 being
C:\ezStub.exe.......Adware Ezula and
C:\sys_ai_client_loader.exe........Spyware.apropos.
I ran Adaware and Spybot and deleted all the files they
had found so i'm going to run my AV again to see if those
files are still there. Thanx for all your help...Patty

 

[Guest]

The computer that i'm using is another PC which is
connected via Wireless G USB network. I'm assuming it
would be the same as if this computer was a laptop?? I
did just currently switch to BYOA because I disconnected
an old computer in my basement which could only use dial-
up. Nobody had downloaded anything onto this computer
recently or onto my other computer so i'm thinking it
might have been a security issue with the wireless
router. Like someone else responded....it's like
saying..."here i am....come get me!"..lol. Anyway...i
did notice that my Norton Security wasn't enabled so i
had enabled it and now I get a lot of messages saying
that "Norton Security has detected and blocked an
intusion attempt." Then it goes on to say Intrusion -
Welchia...Intruder - D25PVL41 (192.168.2.63).....Risk
Level...High.....Protocol - ICMP.....Attack IP -
192.168.2.1. It says something about a Welchia_ICMP_Scan
Attack. Then in a box it says "block" and
(recommended). This pops up about every half hour or
so. How do i go about finding out who it is?? Or at
least stopping it from trying to hack into my computer??
Thanx.......Patty

 

[Vagabond Software]

Chances are that is someone or something else on your home network. Windows
machines chatter quite a bit when on a network and NetBIOS is enabled.

A 192.X.X.X IP address is not routable to the Internet, which means Internet
users, such as me, cannot attack your computer. However, if another machine
on your home network is infected with a virus, it could be used to launch
attacks on the other computers on your 192.168.2.X network.

Note, 192.168.2.1 is the Microsoft wireless router.

Also, if a neighbor is searching for a wireless network and found yours, it
would be possible for that neighbor to launch an attack against the PCs on
your network. Chances are, that would only be done in the event your
wireless neighbor was infected with a virus.

As Jum suggested earlier, enable WEP on the microsoft router and on our
wireless PCs.

- carl

 

[Guest]

You know.....i was looking in my broadband utility and
the D25PVL41 is my own computer. It's the number that
was assigned to my new WindowsXP computer which i am
typing on right now. Why does it have my number down as
the "intruder"? Could it be that i'm hacking into my
own computer???...lol This whole thing is soooooo
confusing!!! I do have a WEP # set up on my microsoft
router. My kids know it by heart now because they keep
getting thrown off their x-box live and have to reset the
adapter again all the time. I'll figure this all out one
of these days!!! Thanx for your help........Patty
PS...Is it possible for me to be hacking into my own
computer?? Maybe i don't have to two computers set up
right??

 

[Vagabond Software]

Honestly, if your PC has a non-routable IP address, I would kill the
Software Firewall. Between the router and a household policy of NEVER
opening unknown or unexpected email attachements, you should be plenty safe
on your home network.

But, by all means, if the software firewall adds a level of comfort, use it.

- carl

 

[NobodyMan]

Honestly, if your PC has a non-routable IP address, I would kill the
Software Firewall. Between the router and a household policy of NEVER
opening unknown or unexpected email attachements, you should be plenty safe
on your home network.

But, by all means, if the software firewall adds a level of comfort, use it.

- carl

Personally, what you are espousing is a bad idea. There are plenty of
ways to get trojans/viruses/malware/spyware that don't involve opening
email attachments. A software firewall can be helpful here, giving
you warning when one of these little malicious interlopers tries to
phone home or connect somewhere.

 

[Vagabond Software]

I prefer safe computing habits to paranoia mode, but like I said, if one has
the resources to burn on a software firewall and it adds a feeling of
security to the computing experience; by all means, use it.

- carl