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Just enter the IP,etc and it tells you how many hits,etc on said IP.

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Good find by . One nuance to @thunderstorm98’s question: tools like DShield/ISC aggregate firewall logs submitted by volunteers. When you look up an IP, you are seeing how often that address has shown up in their dataset over a reporting window, not a precise count of attacks against your individual machine. That matters if your ISP uses dynamic addressing or carrier‑grade NAT, because multiple customers can share or rotate through the same public IP, so history may reflect other users too About ISC/DShield, What is CGNAT.

Practical workflow:

  • Decide which IP to check. If you are behind a home router, the public IP belongs to the router/ISP, not your PC. Check your router’s status page for the WAN/public IP.
  • Corroborate with a second reputation source to avoid one‑dataset bias, e.g. AbuseIPDB. Consistency across sources is more meaningful than any single number.
  • Compare with your own logs to see what actually reached you. On Windows, enable logging of dropped connections:
netsh advfirewall set currentprofile logging droppedconnections enable

Then review: %SystemRoot%\System32\LogFiles\Firewall\pfirewall.log

On Linux with UFW:

sudo tail -f /var/log/ufw.log

A quick reality check: constant internet background scans are normal. Focus on exposure, not just counts. Keep the router/firewall blocking unsolicited inbound, avoid unnecessary port forwards, and patch services. If a lookup shows your public IP reported frequently but your local logs are quiet, it is likely shared or historical use rather than an active issue for you right now.

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Means my PC's IP or My ISP's ?

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Whatever IP you enter

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Thanks dude..

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