Computer Attack

[tim griffin]

Just been notified that some one has attampted to atack my computer, with a virus I presume the numbers 192.168.2.1,67 appear as the address ?
How can I trace this ?
Cheers Tim

[codprawn]

What told you about this problem?

I suspect the 67 is a port number which is commonly used. The address is prob your own router.

Go to

http://www.grc.com/default.htm

and click on shields up.

go to proceed and it will test your security. A briiliant site and very safe and well respected.

try running adaware and spybot as well.

[C2 RIBS]

Tim
if you go to the following link you should be able to trace IP addresses
http://www.ipaddresslocation.org/
and if this does not work use google to search for locate IP address for another search
Cheers Ian

[Rene]

Hi

196.168.something

Is you own network. So if you have more then one computer connected behind your router/firewall then it might just be that computer trying to "attack" yours.

the last part of the ip. ie. 2.1 sugest that it might be your own router, but you could check this, if you from your own computer go to a dos windows and write : ipconfig /all

And then look for the ipnumber of the gateway, the gateway ipnumber is your router.

regards
Rene

[John Kennett]

It's a local address. As Codders said, almost certainly the address of Tim's router and not actually the source of the attack/intrusion.

Tim, if you tell us more about how you got the warning then maybe someone can help a bit more.

John

[jwalker]

Just a bit of info....Belkin routers use this address. If you type it into your url field and then press enter you should get your router's login page. Default name and password is usually admin and admin but you should have been requested to choose a name and/or password when you installed it. You did store it somewhere, didn't you? Linksys routers use 192.168.1.1 as do many others.

Should have mentioned, you may need to have administrator privileges set up on your account. Easy to do: Start>settings>control panel>user accounts and investigate.

[tim griffin]

Message appeared on the screen from symnatec first time its happened.
I do have a Belkin Router so maybe coming through that as you say .
Only have the one computer running through it so cant be one attacking the other.
Thanks for the help guy's
Cheers Tim

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by tim griffin

Message appeared on the screen from symnatec first time its happened.
I do have a Belkin Router so maybe coming through that as you say .
Only have the one computer running through it so cant be one attacking the other.
Thanks for the help guy's
Cheers Tim

It didn't try and send you somewhere to download a fix did it?

[tim griffin]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

It didn't try and send you somewhere to download a fix did it?

Nope did not come through as a email appeared as a seperate screen.
Interesting though as said first time it's happened.

[Nos4r2]

Fair enough. I thought it might be an anti-spyware scam. There's loads about.