Topic: Port 445

[Adept]

I've had about 20 probes on port 445 this evening

It looks like there's a new round of DDOS attacks going on.

Is anyone else getting this and does anyone know virus/trojan is causing these recent attacks?

[Clive]

I wonder if this is the Deloder worm?  It's been around since mid March and has been slowly spreading.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2131631,00.html

[Clive]

We actually mentioned it at the time.

http://pc-pals.com/index.php?board=31;action=display;threadid=2415

[Adept]

It certainly looks like it Clive  > Thank goodness for ZoneAlarm

I'm up to 30 probes from different IP addresses now

[Clive]

Let's hope that all the security measures our hosts have recently taken will protect us on this occasion.

[Adept]

We'll be OK on that score Clive. Our web hosts wouldn't use crappy Microsoft servers if Bill Gates paid them 8)

[Simon]

Haven't had any myself yet.  I'll keep everything crossed.  

[Adept]

It's stopped now - must have been my turn  

[greenking]

Now that i've bothered to look it seem i've had a few probes on port 445 in the last few days.
It's nice to be wanted  

And to think a lot of my friends don't even know what a firewall is let alone use one  

[Adept]

And to think a lot of my friends don't even know what a firewall is let alone use one  

Scary isn't it?

I sometimes think people ought to have a "driving test" before being allowed to own a computer. Only trouble with that is that I'd be done for being drunk in charge of a PC