Is that IP below also the same as your ISP???
"BxP9" <NOMAIL> wrote in message
news:8536bb3ed7e0ca9d90fdfaf65ba08530@news.teranew s.com...
| No software installed when the new ISP service started. Just plugged in
| modem, added my personal account info and connected fine.
| I'm using Sygate firewall and looked through the logs to find this item. IP
| 10.0.0.138 did back trace and reported this:
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| IANA (RESERVED-6)
| Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
| 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
| Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
| US
|
| Netname: RESERVED-10
| Netblock: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
|
| Coordinator:
| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (IANA-ARIN)
| res-ip@iana.org
| (310) 823-9358
|
| Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
|
| BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG 192.0.32.18
| BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG 192.0.32.19
|
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| Please see RFC 1918 for additional information.
|
| Record last updated on 12-Oct-2001.
| Database last updated on 23-Aug-2002 16:56:03 EDT.
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| "-=ô;ö=-" <Not.Telling@nowhere.com> wrote in message
| news:AyWkb.16137$Ee6.8787@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
| > Possible that it is the "Help Desk" software bundled in, both BellSouth
| and Verizon have
| > the same thing and I just deinstalled them with no ill effects..
| >
| >
| > "BxP9" <NOMAIL> wrote in message
| > news:0d5f7b9ffad498b146078eafae90b1f3@news.teranew s.com...
| > | Will post them when the item pops-up again. Could it be the new DSL
| modem
| > | for this ISP?
| > |
| > | "sponge" <yosponge@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| > | news:8d76ec03.0310191025.6cd66006@posting.google.c om...
| > | > "BxP9" <NOMAIL> wrote in message
| > | news:<4a4f86e801fa7cb8d1cfb6f226cf4642@news.terane ws.com>...
| > | > > NDIS User mode I/O Driver is being connected by the remote machine
| [ip
| > | > > address] using local port xxxxx. Do you want to allow this
| program...
| > | > > Trying to connect every since I started using a new ISP.
| > | > >
| > | > > Safe? What is it?
| > | >
| > | > It would help to know the IPs and ports, if you'd be willing to post
| > | > or email them, as well as the location of the application. However,
| > | > off the bat it looks very suspect. First because you may be using
| > | > ISP-provided software -- that's a big, big no-no. Second, NDIS
| > | > driver's shouldn't be user mode. the NDIS driver is what takes data
| > | > from an upper-layer protocol (I.E. TCP/IP, which is what the Internet
| > | > uses to commumnication) and sends it out the hardware. It shouldn't be
| > | > user mode: it's a driver, and part of the system.
| > | >
| > | > IOW, if you can connect to the Internet without it, then it is more
| > | > likely to be malicious or suspicious than anything useful.
| > | >
| > | > Sponge
| > | > Sponge's Secure Solutions
| > | > www.geocities.com/yosponge
| > | > My new email: yosponge2 et yahoo dot com
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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