Messenger Service used for SPAM

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I've read the Q/A regarding this issue and I have since
disabled the messenger service and am starting to
implement the solution with my clients. However the
document also indicated that the I should be blocking
ports 135, 137, 138, 139 & 445. The troubling thing for
me is that I do have a firewall in place and the only
ports that I have forwarded to this server is 1723. I
have other ports open but they are forwarded to our web
server (80, 21, 25, 443, 8080) and no message has ever
shown up on this server.

Is there a new problem with the messaging service where
it is listening on other ports or has there been a
compromise on the server? Is anybody aware of this
problem? I am concerned that I may be dealing with a
breach and would appreciate some assistance.

If you need to e-mail me directly, just remove the
numerics from my e-mail address.

Thanks

Rob Pagé

 

[Karl Levinson [x y] mvp]

I might recommend checking your firewall log for allowed traffic to confirm
this traffic really isn't going through there. You could also use a sniffer
such as Ethereal on the server to try to determine where the traffic is
coming from. I don't believe Messenger should be listening on that port nor
would it seem likely for anyone to try sending a Messenger message to that
port.


I've read the Q/A regarding this issue and I have since
disabled the messenger service and am starting to
implement the solution with my clients. However the
document also indicated that the I should be blocking
ports 135, 137, 138, 139 & 445. The troubling thing for
me is that I do have a firewall in place and the only
ports that I have forwarded to this server is 1723. I
have other ports open but they are forwarded to our web
server (80, 21, 25, 443, 8080) and no message has ever
shown up on this server.

Is there a new problem with the messaging service where
it is listening on other ports or has there been a
compromise on the server? Is anybody aware of this
problem? I am concerned that I may be dealing with a
breach and would appreciate some assistance.

If you need to e-mail me directly, just remove the
numerics from my e-mail address.

Thanks

Rob Pagé