What is a Proxy Server?

[AtomicMX]

Proxy will redirect you if the current routing table (meaning if the usual route via the DNS or the site you're trying to connect is blocking your IP) is screwed up.

 

When you use a proxy connection you use the IP of the proxy server.

But... maybe there are applications that let you choose which ip to use.... or that what you recall, but still what i said applies to proxies.

[Encrypted]

To answer your question YT2095, i want to protect myself.

 

Someone keeps hacking me while i am using the internet. An error sign comes up and the message says "Ha! I got you NOW!!":mad: :mad: or some other stupid message. What is this, a computer joking with me(im sure they lack the brainpower to joke) or someone hacking....

 

Also while i am playing online a guy keeps throwing me out of the game, AND HE IS NOT AN ADMIN! I'm pretty sure he is the hacker too...

 

I have no idea what to do...

 

What do i use? Security programs, Proxy servers, WHAT???

 

I'll probably contact my internet provider, but what will they do, ask for more money to make a security upgrade that wont do nothing....

 

I need a low budget solution.

 

Encyrypted.

[YT2095]

it sounds like the prob is closer to home, almost virus like with regards to that pop-up.

 

don`t connect the 2 together just yet, until you`re 100% sure, it may lead you in the wrong direction, look closer at your system would be my advice, and THEN look outwards

[5614]

scan your computer for viruses and spy/ad-ware, there are several thread regarding which ones are better:

 

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?p=69861#post69861

 

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4927

 

and loads others, use the 'search' box at the top of the page, either search 'spyware' or 'av' for anti-virus

 

i recommend spybot seach and destroy or spyware doctor, and AV is your choice really. use some of the online scanners such as:

 

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

 

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

 

http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

[drz]

Someone keeps hacking me while i am using the internet. An error sign comes up and the message says "Ha! I got you NOW!!" or some other stupid message. What is this, a computer joking with me(im sure they lack the brainpower to joke) or someone hacking....

 

haha, I think I just realized whats going on. Windows has a protocol, it is called Messenger. What the guy is doing, and yes, it could very well be a machine, is scanning your subnet for ip's with messenger service enabled.

 

The protocol I'm talking about was intended to be used for network admins to send messages to specific groups of users, or individuals.

 

have a look at this site, which discusses how spammers and wanna be hackers are using it:

http://www.updatexp.com/messenger_service_spam.html

 

now, the command works by opening a dos command prompt, and typing

 

net send the.ip.goes.here [your message] - the [] of course.

 

So next time you get one of these messages, don't close the window right away, look at the top of it. It will either have an IP address, or perhaps a name. If you run a dns lookup on that name, and I'm ole school so I still use mIrc for this purpose, it will give you the ip.

 

Anyhow, when you get the message, open up a dos prompt, and type :

"net send NAMEORIPOFWANNABE Aight bunghole, I got you now"

 

You can play with this a little bit too. For instance, once you get his name or IP, open up an IE (netscape or whatever) and type \\NAMEORIP and if the guy is dumb enough to have any shared folders, you can get some revenge. (help me out people, I can't remember much details of the \\ trick, been to long and I don't have my notes handy, I know there is more to it)

 

Anyhow, the above link will explain how to disable the messenger service, which is NOT MSN. As to the guy messing with you in the game, like I was suggesting in your other topic that was locked, I'd look up to see what kinda of hacks there are for that particular game. Not so that you can do it, but so you can see what other people are doing to you. Sometimes the best way to defend againsts a hacker, is to know how he is hacking you.

[5614]

woa dude, im out 2moz, so i'll try over the weekend, if all of that stuff works well, that is soooo cool, so it allows you to send a pop-up box message over the net, thats cool, hope you dont mind if i bombard you with a few questions, but i'll have to try it first. thanks

[drz]

np man, once I get home and have access to my books and notes, I'll share much more about it. Its some cool stuff.

 

It was intended for networking, but, for example I was at my friends house one night, messing with his pc. I had shared my quake 3 folder earlier that day, and there is some way to connect to PCs over the internet. Anyhow, I connected to my computer, and ran quake on his over then internet. Sure, it didn't play very well, but it was quite awesome.

 

Its like, with enough time, a very awesome p2p network could be setup via this method. Wish I remembered more about it.

[Sayonara]

SFN don't "own" the IP of the server the site is hosted on, the hosting company do.