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Old 02-02-2004, 06:36 AM   #1
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Help! Got infected?

My firewall blocks a worm every few hours, but when I scan it with AntiVirus, I found nothing.
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Old 02-02-2004, 08:32 AM   #2
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what firewall, what os, what worm
and what virusscanner? is it up to date?

normaly if your firewall blocks it it stays "outside" and you should not ge infected ( i think )
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Old 02-02-2004, 02:15 PM   #3
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I am using Rising firewall and virus scanner(updated last month), the firewall only says it blocked worms.
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Old 02-02-2004, 03:55 PM   #4
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sounds like it says it's been blocking worms from getting in?????
if this is true then, then your pc did not get infected.
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Old 02-02-2004, 04:44 PM   #5
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The firewall is doing its job. It's keeping the worm out.
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Old 02-02-2004, 05:22 PM   #6
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If its inbound your fine, if its outbound then you have a problem. Your virus scanner was updated a month ago? thats old! It should never be more than a week. Mine gets updated almost every day.
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Old 02-02-2004, 09:26 PM   #7
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Have you tried scanning your system with a dedicated trojan scanner?

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Tried a trojan scanner and found nothing, does that mean my firewall only blocking the worms from coming in my computer and I am not infected?
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it would seem so yes
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Old 02-03-2004, 04:12 PM   #11
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Tried a trojan scanner and found nothing, does that mean my firewall only blocking the worms from coming in my computer and I am not infected?
Well, whats the exact message you get from your firewall? does it say something like"****** is trying to access your computer" or more like "****** is trying to connect to the internet"?
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