Some Firewalls have "adaptive learning" - what this means is that they show ports as open or closed for a number of ports until the firewall "learns" that it is being probed - it then returns a stealth message on every port from then on. If you repeat the test it still remembers the lesson and gives you a 100% result.
This is not a true firewall because it identifies - even for a split second - that there is a computer on that address. Now someone knows it is there it gives them a chance to have a go at it or just bring it down through a "denial of service" attack.
I am afraid to say that I do not rate software firewalls as they on on the machine they try to protect. They also are really only packet filters. A true firewall is a seperate box which seperates the machine from the internet and uses "stateful inspection" techniques to look inside every packet that comes thorugh it and not just at the header information which tells it which port and protocol it is on.
I can thoroughly recommend some of the Netgear routers as they have built in stateful inspection firewalls and they seem to be stable and stand up to a lot of punishment.
Hope this has helped again....
Fred
No - what it means is that the systems that are replicating the virus are spoofing the senders email address - so when people send you emails saying you infected them just ignore it. Again this is false authority syndrome kicking into action. If people did a little more research into the virus and its full attributes before they sent out emails saying "You have tried to infect our systems" they would look a lot less stupid.
Personally I have had 16 emails with variants of the virus in - as well as 3 emails saying I have infected other systems when I know it is impossible for that to happen........
So long as you know your system is clean just delete the emails or have a bit of fun at their expense by explaining where there message is flawed...
Hope this helps...
Fred
It is quite obvious what the dream meant Sappho......
You had too many pickled eggs and cheese with the spam fritters and chips last night and you should have drunk only the one bottle of Blue Nun on top of the tree pints of Stout!
Really, some people!
Fred
XXX
For those of you that have the infection there is a cleaner available from Norman:
You do not need to have a licence of their software or the software installed to use the cleaner. It will do the full job of cleaning the virus off your pc. Download and click and away it goes......
Fred
I have just staggered in here and have to say congrats to Gman.
However this stinks like Kats last weeks washing.....
Gretchen.....
THAT has to be a setup......
AND I was not here to witness it....
Shame that!
Ho Hum
Nite all
Fred
XXX for everyone!
You have got to be kidding!!!
Need one with either some Black n nasty tape or silver gaffer tape over the mouth. That might hold em!
Who owns these uppity women anyway? - bout time they took em home with them instead of leaving them round here to annoy us.......
Fred
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They'll be more secrets about Fred in due course. You will just have to be patient! I'll put the kettle on (and yes, I know it doesn't suit me
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