Re: Windows booting a loop into config screen

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affiliateian@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Rock wrote:

Are they your ISP? Not much you can do. There are all kinds of port
scanners and hackers scanning the internet for open systems. That's why
you need a software firewall. Good, secure computing practices are
important. A router with NAT is also a good investment in additional to
a software firewall. You could send a message to the person in charge
of that site. Whether it gets results is uncertain. Frankly just
ignore it. Your protection is working.


No they are not my ISP. I see my ISP probing me too but that is ok. I
do have a router so that should have NAT + firewall but my zonealarm is
still detecting this. I was afraid that my computer has been infected
and was calling home, hence the videotron IP that was probing me. But
if it was an outgoing call, zonealarm should warn me too right?
Interesting.

Yes you should be able to tell from zone alarm if it's outgoing or incoming. I don't use it so I can't tell you how. You're router should come with NAT but then again I can't say for sure.


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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

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