getting port scanned

[tim1477]

hey, im using sygate firewall. since i started using it, i've been progessively getting more and more incomming port scans every day. it started out as like 3. today i got somewhere between 30-50, don't feel like counting them all. is this bad? it seems bad

[ghost2003]

Dont see the harm as long as sygate stops them.

[aym]

I get port scanned all the time too, and I'm on dialup.

As long as you don't have unnecessary ports open, you are OK.

[tim1477]

k thx, just making sure. i passed all the tests also so i guess i should be good

[toomyg]

Originally posted by tim1477
hey, im using sygate firewall. since i started using it, i've been progessively getting more and more incomming port scans every day. it started out as like 3. today i got somewhere between 30-50, don't feel like counting them all. is this bad? it seems bad


I don't know if this helps but I was getting the same thing with sygate and I ran ad-aware 6.0 and found a bunch of crap so I cleaned it up and the port scans stopped or at least don't get as many

[tim1477]

i run ad-aware 6 all the time and usually don't find that many things, but i'll give it a try.

[mairving]

If you worry about port scans, you will end up going crazy. Most aren't directed at you personally but scan blocks of IP addresses. Some are even done by your ISP to make sure that you aren't running things that you shouldn't. Port scans don't have anything at all to do with spyware.

[tim1477]

k thanks. just wanted to make sure there wasn't a problem.

[toomyg]

Originally posted by mairving
If you worry about port scans, you will end up going crazy. Most aren't directed at you personally but scan blocks of IP addresses. Some are even done by your ISP to make sure that you aren't running things that you shouldn't. Port scans don't have anything at all to do with spyware.

Maybe not but I'm not to sure how this stuff works BUT I did have a file sharing program installed (Bearshare) acouple of days ago and allowed it acsess throw the fire wall ,awhile later I got these port scans only afew at a time so I found the program not worth keeping and uninstalled it cleaned the registery and ran adaware now the port scans have stopped


So maybe someone has a program that they use that might be the cuase of this:D

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