Stopping NetBIOS Spam? 97
MoonFacedAssassin asks: "I woke up this morning to find that my computer had a Windows messaging pop-up window with an advertisement about getting diplomas and degrees. I was quite shocked to find that my Bellsouth DSL IP address had been spammed. Has this happened to anyone else? Other than closing off the port which this can come through, are there any other ways to block this spam? And, how responsible is Bellsouth (or any ISP for that matter) in handling issues like this?"
Happening at colleges too (Score:2, Interesting)
Block, but use rules. (Score:2, Interesting)
I think that what you probably want is to block the port to all IP addresses that are not in your subnet (local network). Therefore, if anyone spams you in the future, they have to be inside BellSouth, and you can (probably) get their account closed. But chances are, there's not gonna be anyone spamming like that from inside BellSouth.
Crappy ISP! (Score:3, Interesting)
Hint: Get a linksys router and those ports will no longer be available for spam...
Hint2: Don't leave windows machine hanging on the wire like that unless they are memebers of NT domain. It will stepup the security of the Netbios connections.
Hint3: Not ever leave an improperly secured NT machine hanging on the wire like that....
Hint4: see hint 1
Re:Shut it down? (Score:2, Interesting)
That's worse than a band-aid for a broken arm, we're into tumor land here.
Re:You said it yourself... (Score:5, Interesting)
>screens. Something polite and respectful
>like 'piss off you little bastard'.
I don't know about popping a message, but you could have fun with Slap [securitysoftware.cc]: