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[24Seconds]

Hi fellas , can someone tell me what this means, i keep getting this message from my firewall :-Someone on address c-134-76-78.b.dial.de.ignite.net [62.134.76.78] wants to send ICMP packet to your machine.# Is it some one trying to hack in, every time i am online i get this message time after time.The message also changes, any help or advise on this would be good.

[UOD]

Originally posted by 24Seconds
Hi fellas , can someone tell me what this means, i keep getting this message from my firewall :-Someone on address c-134-76-78.b.dial.de.ignite.net [62.134.76.78] wants to send ICMP packet to your machine.# Is it some one trying to hack in, every time i am online i get this message time after time.The message also changes, any help or advise on this would be good.

Somone is pinging/scanning you/ip/ports. Your firewall is doing it's job. Don't worry just yet...it is when you have unknown traffic leaving your machine that signifies a bigger problem......

[24Seconds]

Thanks UOD. Is there anything i can do about it? because its the same person. Its getting on my tits now, 9 times in the last hour.

[UOD]

Originally posted by 24Seconds
Thanks UOD. Is there anything i can do about it? because its the same person. Its getting on my tits now, 9 times in the last hour.

What firewall are you using?

You could try to get his info from the logs and lodge a complaint against him through his ISP and your ISP but if he is from a foreign address...then it may be pointless.

Are you sure this traffic isn't coming from a site that you have visited?

All you can do is just keep things secure and don't let him in. 9 attempts seems pretty trivial...if he was really trying to port scan you or pingflood you, you'd see hundreds if not thousands of ping requests.

[24Seconds]

Kerio Personal Firewall. I am pretty sure its no site i have visted and it is in my country.

[UOD]

Originally posted by 24Seconds
Kerio Personal Firewall. I am pretty sure its no site i have visted and it is in my country.

Just a suggestion.....drop Kerio and goto Sygate.

Kerio is the remnants of Tiny Personal Firewall...and it required you to have a good working knowledge of rulesets.

Sygate, imho, is the best freeware firewall out there and it has virtually no footprint and no impact on performance. I really like it as do alot of others here on SG.....mnosteele52 turned me onto it.;)