Frequent popup with this scanning attack

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  1. DBM901

    DBM901 Registered Member

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    DBM901, Sep 17, 2012
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  2. P_R_

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    Hello,

    do you have public IP?

    This attack was blocked by ESET's personall firewall, so no need to worry about it.

    In case you have a public IP address such attacks may occur from time to time.

    You could read more about types of remote attacks on our KB:
    http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2907
     
    P_R_, Sep 17, 2012
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  3. Marcos

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    Marcos, Sep 17, 2012
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  4. DBM901

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    Public IP? Im using the dynamic one provided by my ISP.
    And OpenDNS

    This has me extremely paranoid, i feel as if i should format and start over again.
     
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    DBM901, Sep 17, 2012
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  5. iviv

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    Formatting every time your firewall blocks something means that you're going to spend more time installing windows than you will using it! :p

    They're just randomly scanning the ports available, looking for a backdoor into your system. Eset blocked it so they will just pick another IP to scan. Rinse and repeat.
     
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