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Portscan?
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Hi ...
Can somebodye here tell me what kind of virus portscan is? My antivirus program is blocking it. But still it comes over and over again. What can I do? I have the mans Ip adr and sorry to say it is one of you in the forum.
All The Best
From Norway
Can somebodye here tell me what kind of virus portscan is? My antivirus program is blocking it. But still it comes over and over again. What can I do? I have the mans Ip adr and sorry to say it is one of you in the forum.
All The Best
From Norway
Mail me: kjopvianett@hotmail.com
its not a virus, it means someone or something is probing your virtual ports, to see if any are open (e.g what servers you have running on your machine)
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the reply from the forum while you're connected to it, might be interpreted by a stupid AV app as port scanning. Especially if you use Norton 
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Hehe . . . Thanks a LOT .... 
Yehh I am using Norton . . . Now I can sleep well, as I now know that I am not under attach 
Yehh I am using Norton . . . Now I can sleep well, as I now know that I am not under attach Mail me: kjopvianett@hotmail.com
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