portscan

eirjoy · 07-09-2009, 03:47 PM

About two years ago i had my computer fixed by a local company, over the last year i have been notified by Norton that this company are using portscan on my computer, What does this mean? I have looked it up and it seems that they are tring to access my computer to look for a weakness, Is this so?
Thank you.

clyde123 · 07-14-2009, 05:09 AM

When you say "i have been notified by Norton that this company are using portscan on my computer" what exactly is the message ?

eirjoy · 07-16-2009, 01:30 PM

Hi,

The message i receive from Norton is:
An intrusion attempt by 202.154.81.80 was blocked.
Risk name: Portscan,
Severity : medium
Attacking Company: 202.154.81.80,39597
Destination address : BRILLPCSERVICES(80.5.217.183,5901)
Source address : 202.154.81.80
Traffic description : TCP,PORT 39597
Network traffic from 202.154.81.80 matches the signature of a known attack.

Eirjoy

**lorjack** · 07-17-2009, 09:47 PM

Well obviously they or someone else is trying to gain access to your machine. Are they a known buisseness? They might of installed some tracking software on your machine.

**koala** · 07-18-2009, 05:33 AM

I would contact the company before doing anything else. If they have an employee that is secretly installing software to monitor customers, the boss might not know about it. Give them a chance to explain and fix the problem.

Is BRILLPCSERVICES the name of the company you took the computer to for repair?

07-09-2009, 03:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
eirjoy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	portscan About two years ago i had my computer fixed by a local company, over the last year i have been notified by Norton that this company are using portscan on my computer, What does this mean? I have looked it up and it seems that they are tring to access my computer to look for a weakness, Is this so? Thank you.

07-14-2009, 05:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
clyde123 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 398 OS: xp sp2	Re: portscan When you say "i have been notified by Norton that this company are using portscan on my computer" what exactly is the message ?

07-16-2009, 01:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
eirjoy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: portscan Hi, The message i receive from Norton is: An intrusion attempt by 202.154.81.80 was blocked. Risk name: Portscan, Severity : medium Attacking Company: 202.154.81.80,39597 Destination address : BRILLPCSERVICES(80.5.217.183,5901) Source address : 202.154.81.80 Traffic description : TCP,PORT 39597 Network traffic from 202.154.81.80 matches the signature of a known attack. Eirjoy

07-17-2009, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: portscan Well obviously they or someone else is trying to gain access to your machine. Are they a known buisseness? They might of installed some tracking software on your machine. __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...

07-18-2009, 05:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,350 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: portscan I would contact the company before doing anything else. If they have an employee that is secretly installing software to monitor customers, the boss might not know about it. Give them a chance to explain and fix the problem. Is BRILLPCSERVICES the name of the company you took the computer to for repair? __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here