Geek-Squad Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I went and tested my firewalll and got this...Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist!One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE! Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that's very cool!) which represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and intrusion. Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer.All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet.The second one is the one that scares me...Is that good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Looks good.Here is some more information on NETBIOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Ooo...goood!!!! I thought That Since Netbio's was block That is was bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Not at all... Simply put, NetBIOS is an old networking protocol used by IBM. Broadcasting your NetBIOS name can cause hackers to find you, and gain access to your system. Since you are not broadcasting, you are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Good! Alot of people tell me to use Zonealarm I just use Armor2net...Last Time I installed Zonealarm I couldent uninstall it....ANother odd question If i cant uninstall something And cant deleate it from the registry How Do i re-format my computer....I have all the disks I need but just dont know how to do it. Can you explane to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I have also had problems uninstalling Zone Alarm. There are manual uninstall instructions on their support site.If you cannot remove something from your computer, you should contact the developer to see if this is a know issue or not. If it is, they can provide you with instructions to remove it. If not, they should be able to provide some help. And in the event they can do nothing, you can always post here for help. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hmm....I see what your saying:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Good! Alot of people tell me to use Zonealarm I just use Armor2net...Last Time I installed Zonealarm I couldent uninstall it....ANother odd question If i cant uninstall something And cant deleate it from the registry How Do i re-format my computer....I have all the disks I need but just dont know how to do it. Can you explane to me.Most softwares should uninstall either through the Control Panel, or through the Uninstall link on the Programs menu. You should shutdown the software before attempting to uninstall. If this fails, try to uninstall in Safe Mode.If you really want to reinstall Windows, have a look here: http://www.windowsreinstall.com/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 One more question.....IS a firewall the only way I can prevent hackers??Or stop them ..... IS there a port Montior i can use With my firewall?????.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 No, a firewall is not the only way. But it is the most effective and quickest way of doing it. Whether it be hardware or software, a firewall is your first line of defense.Some of the better ones allow you to customize which ports are open, and which are not.If you have a firewall, even if using the default configuration, you are 65,000x more protected than someone without one. (I say that because there are over 65,000 ports on a Windows based machine.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Can u post some software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I don't know Armor2net, so I can't comment on that.I have used the free ZoneAlarm for many years, and I am very satisfied with it. I believe many regulars in this forum use ZA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 KerioSygateTinyPersonal FirewallZoneAlarmSearch Google, and you will find all of these. Some are free, some are not. I think they are all excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Wow thanks guy just downloaded zonealarm In fact I liked it so much I Bought the pro version:) sweet program thanks alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benb Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Yeah, I love Zonealarm. I have also bought Zonealarm Pro because I find it is the best. Anything Norton or Symantec turns me off so both their firewalls are useless. And Sygate is now owned by Symantec so it is now useless (to me, I know other people like these programs).The Kerio GUI (the program chooser thing) crashed on me whenever I tried to use it, so Zonealarm is pretty much the only program I can use. I find it to be the best program anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Yeah I hate sygate I downloaded it for a while tell i found out that they stopped updateing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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