Re: Security question - please advise!

From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews_at_hansenonline.net)
Date: 09/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:42:00 -0400

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:42:02 +0100, Weeble spoketh

>Do I need to worry that Sygate Personal Firewall is logging hundreds of
>'Major' intrusions like this:
>
>[215] Outgoing LSASS buffer overflow exploit attempt detected.
>

That doesn't sound like an "intrusion", but rather something trying to
get out. Scan your system for viruses, you may have one of the many
viruses that attempts to connect to other systems via port 445 and
exploit a known vulnerability.

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)



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