Re: Equipment Questions - Modem/Router

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If I may suggest a program that will help prevent you from becoming a
victim of a Trojan and other malware. It's called WinPatrol and it's
available at www.winpatrol.com. What it does is it monitors your system
and notifies you of any program that tries to install itself so that it
will start when Windows starts (which most malware does). That feature
alone makes it worth getting, but there is a lot more to it than just
that. So go check it out, it could save you from any future headaches...

Thank you so much, Roy, for telling me about this software. I really like
it! It's now installed on both my husband's and my computer. I would never
have known about it if you hadn't posted. I would suggest it to everyone who
goes on the Internet.

"Roy Smith" wrote:

On 12/5/2009 6:04 PM, MtnLadyinBlackHills1986 wrote:
Thank you, everyone, for replying. On Monday, I will be contacting my ISP
about returning my modem/router combo and getting just the modem. Brian A.,
I'm impressed - you identified my ISP! I am able to obtain my own router.
I'll talk to GWTC about the exchange and any router specifications I need to
know. BTW, in my remote area, they are the only ISP provider.

I'll respond to each of your posts on Monday when I find out information.
Both my and my husband's computers do have the Windows XP Firewall up and
running. I can't say how his computer got infected. (He has run the
antivirus and Malwarebytes software and his computer is clean now.) He is
very careful about not going to questionable sites and links. So am I.

But I found out I may have gotten a Trojan Horse from a site I trusted. A
friend of mine is the Administrator but not the owner. She reported that
there was a Trojan Horse on the site and that she had notified the owner. I
don't know if I could have gotten it just coming on the site. I might have
clicked on a link others provided (it's a forum). I haven't gone there since.

Thank you for your help, everyone!

"MtnLadyinBlackHills1986" wrote:

I posted earlier about Internet security problems. Thank you, "Daave", for
all your assistance. My computer is "well" now. However, I have a different
concern now. I contacted my ISP about my DSL modem/router (which I rent) and
about open ports I found in the grc.com scan. They refuse to close these
ports for me. I can't access the software because my ISP has the password.

Last night my husband's laptop (with a wireless connection) was repeatedly
attacked by a Trojan Horse. (The Internet was turned on but he was not using
the Web - he was using a program that is not an online one.) His antivirus
stopped and deleted all of them. But I'm concerned that these open ports are
a major part of the problem.

We are considering buying our own equipment. Can you purchase a combination
modem/router or would we need to get the modem from the ISP and get our own
router? I know the routers have their own firewall software that we could
access and set up. Or are we opening up a big "can of worms"?

I'd appreciate any information you could provide. I promise I won't make
this a long-drawn out thread, like before. I did get a lot of very valuable
information from that post, which I greatly appreciate.

If I may suggest a program that will help prevent you from becoming a
victim of a Trojan and other malware. It's called WinPatrol and it's
available at www.winpatrol.com. What it does is it monitors your system
and notifies you of any program that tries to install itself so that it
will start when Windows starts (which most malware does). That feature
alone makes it worth getting, but there is a lot more to it than just
that. So go check it out, it could save you from any future headaches...

--

Roy Smith
Windows XP Pro SP3

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