Re: am I being hacked/used? (long)
From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@despammed.com)
Date: 03/16/03
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From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:28:22 -0500
>From the FAQ:
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#hacked
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#re-secure
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden
"marek@plusnet" <marek@plusdsl.net> wrote in message
news:oXNca.678$6f1.66745@stones.force9.net...
> Hi,
>
> We've got two computers connected to ADSL phone line via a router/modem.
> I run xp pro, my girlfriend W98SE, both with antivirus and zonealarm.
> Since yesterday we can't access newsgroups (via outlook express) on the
> second pc. I had the same problem (temporarily) on my own pc and the error
> message read:
> 400 Too Many Connections [plusnet-users allows 4 per host/0 per feed (0 ==
> nolimit)] (Typhoon v1.2.3) Configuration: Account: xxx@plusnet....
> since I wasn't sure if it meant what I thought it meant, I checked (no,
not
> how many pcs are connected, but whether there's no other soft (download
> accelerator, etc) running. There was none.
>
> I must admit another abnormality, I tried yesterday but I couldn't I
access
> my modem configuration page (via http:\\).
> To be more precise, the default password won't work, which means that
either
> I got it wrong or somebody else changed it. Definitely neither of us did
it,
> so...
> Why did I NOT change it originally? Well, I DID try when I got the modem,
> but it wouldn't save new password, despite several attempts, so for the
sake
> of getting on-line quick I let it go. Bad.
> With the problems today (still no newsgroups on other pc, basically a
> timeout error) and very, very slow loading of web pages on the other pc I
> start to wonder...
> I have two options I haven't had time to try out yet.
> 1. call my provider's support and ask for suggestions (will do).
> 2. re-set my modem to default and try to reset the password to something
> else (will try)
>
> However I'd appreciate any thoughts and suggestions ref.above.
>
> regards,
>
> marek
>
>
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