Members Ani Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 I had just opened the Disney thread a moment ago while starting to post when my Norton Firewall blocked a High Risk Trojan horse from entering my personal computer. Here are the specifics... Security AlertHigh Risk Security Alert created for Default Block NetBus Torjan horse rule. Time: 9:04 PMDate: 8/23/2005Protocol: TCP (Inbound)Remote Address: 222.105.179.70 : 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phaeton Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Trojan entering your computer from where? I mean it lists the IP address (Seoul, Korea) and the port it's coming in on, but I dunno that the Disney thread has anything to do with it... coincidence, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Is your mail application or other internet connected program running? Are there other browser windows open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franknputer Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Netbus is a remote access program that's been around for a long time. From what I've read, it's a client/server arrangement that needs to get installed on your PC somehow (usually by clicking something you shouldn't) & then it will allow various activities to be performed by someone at a remote computer. Sounds like you may have been being port-scanned. The client half of the program will scan computers, looking for the server operating on an open port. If your firewall blocked it, good - it did its job. Like I said, this one has been around for a long time, so any firewall software that isn't utter crap should protect against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdoubleyou Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Don't care i'm on a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Perfessor Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 I had no trouble with my computer until I downloaded somebody's music from this forum. Actually, I didn't get anything but I tried to download it. Just after this my computer started to slow down and I had to keep restarting it. I called MSN and they instructed me on how to reboot everything so the worm wouldn't bother my computer anymore. Now I don't download anyone's music from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Centaur Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by gdoubleyou Don't care i'm on a Mac. ....and if you think that protects you, then you must be one of thses Mac users: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdoubleyou Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 You ARE right, I don't have clue, never owned any anti-virus since I switched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by gdoubleyou Don't care i'm on a Mac. Thanks for the helpful information. You've done your good works for the day. Now you can go be productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by Perfessor I had no trouble with my computer until I downloaded somebody's music from this forum. Actually, I didn't get anything but I tried to download it. Just after this my computer started to slow down and I had to keep restarting it. I called MSN and they instructed me on how to reboot everything so the worm wouldn't bother my computer anymore. Now I don't download anyone's music from here. While it's possible to hide a trojan in an audio or graphic file, if your player software was properly updated there'd be little chance of such malware being able to exploit such a vulnerability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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