Re: Should I be afraid???

In article <Xns99D3BAF712120bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, a@xxx says...
FYI, I have a linksys cable modem, linksys firewall router (about 5 years
old) and Zonealarm security suite (freshly updated). ZoneAlarm reports
no viruses. Also, I just tried a clean install of Win2000 and still had
this happen.

You don't have a firewall, you have a NAT Router.

If you don't have ANY Port-forwarding enabled and you have UPnP
disabled, there then you might want to check for firmware updates
because no unsolicited traffic should be reaching your PC through the
NAT Router - unless you have Port-Forwarding, UPnP, or you put the
computer in the Linksys DMZ address location.

You could have any number of malware on the computer, but you really
need to determine if you are actually compromised.

Most Linksys have a LOG function, enable it and then download and
install WALLWATCHER so that you can see, in real time, what traffic is
entering and leaving your network.

Since you've wiped/reinstalled 2000, why not reset the NAT router to
factory defaults, then properly configure it to block UPnP and not use
the DMZ and make sure that you change the password.

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