Where does a DoS attack come from?
- Thread starter amx1047
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DOS is explained here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
Basically someone is sending packets of data or requests to your network. If you feel this is happening to you then you need to scan your system for malware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
Basically someone is sending packets of data or requests to your network. If you feel this is happening to you then you need to scan your system for malware.
What do you mean by being locked out of your google account? It's possible someone has tried accessing your account and failed entering the password and your account is now locked. As long as your system is acting normally, you aren't being DOS attacked. You may have to contact google to gain access to your account again.
My entire Google account, Gmail, Blogger, Picasa, etc., has been disabled and not accessable by me or anyone else. Google hasn't offered any explanation, but in the help forums, it's been suggested that
"If both your Blogger / Google account were locked out, it's possibly a problem with some of your neighbours on the Internet, and malicious traffic coming from their computers"
Since AT&T is the ISP for everyone in my part of the world, would it be correct to say that Google percieved at attack from AT&T's network?
I'm writing a blog about my experience.
"If both your Blogger / Google account were locked out, it's possibly a problem with some of your neighbours on the Internet, and malicious traffic coming from their computers"
Since AT&T is the ISP for everyone in my part of the world, would it be correct to say that Google percieved at attack from AT&T's network?
I'm writing a blog about my experience.
I highly doubt its coming from ATT itself. Just because your area carries ATT, doesn't mean nothing. You can get attacked from anyone all throughout the world especially if you are infected. If your infected with certain malware, it opens up your system to anyone that can control it. So I would definately scan your system using the following procedure.
Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here or here and save it to your desktop.
If for some reason Malwarebytes will not install or run please download and run Rkill.scr, Rkill.exe, or Rkill.com. If you are still having issues running rkill then try downloading these renamed versions of the same program.
EXPLORER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE
USERINIT.EXE
WINLOGON.EXE
But DO NOT reboot the system and then try installing or running Malwarebytes. If Rkill (which is a black box) appears and then disappears right away or you get a message saying rkill is infected, keep trying to run rkill until it over powers the infection and temporarily kills it. Once a log appears on the screen, you can try running malwarebytes or downloading other programs.
Download the HijackThis installer from here.
Run the installer and choose Install, indicating that you accept the licence agreement. The installer will place a shortcut on your desktop and launch HijackThis.
Click Do a system scan and save a logfile
Most of what HijackThis lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.
When the hijackthis log appears in a notepad file, click on the edit menu, click select all, then click on the edit menu again and click on copy. Come back to your reply and right click on your mouse and click on paste.
Post the logfile that HijackThis produces along with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware log
Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here or here and save it to your desktop.
- Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to
- Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- then click Finish.
- If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. Please keep updating until it says you have the latest version.
- Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
- When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
- Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
- A log will be saved automatically which you can access by clicking on the Logs tab within Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
If for some reason Malwarebytes will not install or run please download and run Rkill.scr, Rkill.exe, or Rkill.com. If you are still having issues running rkill then try downloading these renamed versions of the same program.
EXPLORER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE
USERINIT.EXE
WINLOGON.EXE
But DO NOT reboot the system and then try installing or running Malwarebytes. If Rkill (which is a black box) appears and then disappears right away or you get a message saying rkill is infected, keep trying to run rkill until it over powers the infection and temporarily kills it. Once a log appears on the screen, you can try running malwarebytes or downloading other programs.
Download the HijackThis installer from here.
Run the installer and choose Install, indicating that you accept the licence agreement. The installer will place a shortcut on your desktop and launch HijackThis.
Click Do a system scan and save a logfile
Most of what HijackThis lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.
When the hijackthis log appears in a notepad file, click on the edit menu, click select all, then click on the edit menu again and click on copy. Come back to your reply and right click on your mouse and click on paste.
Post the logfile that HijackThis produces along with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware log
If you put your trust into Nortons, I have a bridge I'll sell you. If you think just because you have nortons, you'll be protected, you better think again. There isn't one program out there that is full proof. I have removed infections from computers having all different kinds of antivirus protection, norton included.
I'm just giving you fair warning. Others on this forum will tell you the same.