Outpost reports: Denial of service

Does anyone know what this means? I know what it is when it takes a website down but why my PC"

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Well lynchknot, its very common to see these types of attacks, I think outpost has that DOS attack blocked. Denial of service attacks are not only targeted at popular internet site servers, these type of attacks can attack any computer it finds, since you have a firewall you should be safe.

[font=arial, helvetica] DoS attack [/font]


Short for denial-of-service attack, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many DoS attacks, such as the Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. For all known DoS attacks, there are software fixes that system administrators can install to limit the damage caused by the attacks. But, like viruses, new DoS attacks are constantly being dreamed up by hackers.

 

WHOIS results for 209.123.205.211( lynch, this is the IP address that might be the culprit behind the DOS attack. The two attacks struck at different times. This looks like a trojan.)

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NOTE: More information appears to be available at ZN77-ARIN.

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OrgName: Net Access Corporation
OrgID: NAC
Address: 1719 STE RT 10E
Address: Suite 111
City: Parsippany
StateProv: NJ
PostalCode: 07054
Country: US

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.nac.net:43

NetRange: 209.123.0.0 - 209.123.255.255
CIDR: 209.123.0.0/16
NetName: NAC-NETBLK02
NetHandle: NET-209-123-0-0-1
Parent: NET-209-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.NAC.NET
NameServer: NS2.NAC.NET
NameServer: NS5.NAC.NET
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
Comment:
Comment: * Reassignment information for this network is available
Comment: * available at whois.nac.net 43
RegDate: 1997-08-06
Updated: 2001-08-22

TechHandle: ZN77-ARIN
TechName: Net Access Corporation
TechPhone: +1-800-638-6336
TechEmail: *****@nac.net

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE156-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse Department
OrgAbusePhone: +1-800-638-6336
OrgAbuseEmail: *****@nac.net

OrgNOCHandle: NOC270-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Network Operations Center
OrgNOCPhone: +1-973-590-5050
OrgNOCEmail: *******@nac.net

OrgTechHandle: AR97-ARIN
OrgTechName: Rubenstein, Alex
OrgTechPhone: +1-973-590-5101
OrgTechEmail: ****@nac.net

OrgTechHandle: ZN77-ARIN
OrgTechName: Net Access Corporation
OrgTechPhone: +1-800-638-6336
OrgTechEmail: *****@nac.net

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