PC under attack

Awais Yaqub

:huh

in 10 min 2 attempts same IP i have IP address of the remote computer how can i know where it belongs (country or city) can i disclose his IP is it ok with forum rules ? but i dont want to humilate among forum members by posting his IP at 1st place i dont think so he belongs to this forum
ok how can i know from where that happened ?:uhoh

marlinspike

Awais Yaqub wrote:

in 10 min 2 attempts same IP i have IP address of the remote computer how can i know where it belongs (country or city) can i disclose his IP is it ok with forum rules ? but i dont want to humilate among forum members by posting his IP at 1st place i dont think so he belongs to this forum
ok how can i know from where that happened ?:uhoh

Google "IP lookup" there are tons of sites that can do this for you (I don't really have one in particular to recommend, but try a few since some give different/more info than others.

troglodite

Awais Yaqub wrote:

in 10 min 2 attempts same IP i have IP address of the remote computer how can i know where it belongs (country or city) can i disclose his IP is it ok with forum rules ? but i dont want to humilate among forum members by posting his IP at 1st place i dont think so he belongs to this forum
ok how can i know from where that happened ?:uhoh

you need to do a traceroute =] i think geektools.com has one

if he/she is any good they are bouncing off another computer so it's pretty worthless. If you don't have a static IP just close and restart your internet connection and you should be lost to the net =]

IP port scans are pretty common =\

Just make sure you have all the updates and are using the winxp or better firewall (enable it). Though I suspect that if you know enough to get their IP you probably already know this.

A patched and clean system and a basic firewall will keep out 95% of the script kiddies out there, the others will have to be motivated enough to think you're a high profile target to bother you.