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I know, I know.
I really am not one of those conspiracy theorists. I believe that there was only one gunman, I don't think the Government is hiding anything at Roswell, and I know for a fact that the TV isn't watching me.
I am, however, suspicious of my cable modem. Some of you may have read my problems with the @Home network last week. Well, I got the problem fixed for now but since I have been back in service my cable modem is acting strange. It shows almost constant activity. I can shut down EVERY non-essential program and run it bare bones but the light keeps flickering (the one that shows when you are downloading or uploading something). I am running Zone Alarm but even when I hit the internet "Lock" that supposedly shuts down all internet activity the modem continues to flicker. When I completely shut down my computer the light stops, so I thinks something strange is happening.
Another thing is that my Zone alarm has shown way more activity in the alerts column since I have been back on. Over a single night I got 500 alerts (that's the limit). I cleared them and it was up over 200 alerts 2 hours later. Most of them show to be harmless with a few that show up red. 90% come from computers with the same first 2 sets of numbers in the IP. (24.15.xx.xxx) Strangely enough that matches the first sets of numbers in my IP. So I know that they are @Home IP's.
A port scan (with Zone running) shows that I am in stealth mode and no open ports. When I turn off Zone I show all ports closed except 113 which show open (normal from what I hear).
So, what do you think? Am I a paranoid schizophrenic? How do you find out if there is some kind of back door thing happening on your machine? Please help me.
I'll just be sitting here in my tin foil helmet waiting for a reply.
I really am not one of those conspiracy theorists. I believe that there was only one gunman, I don't think the Government is hiding anything at Roswell, and I know for a fact that the TV isn't watching me.
I am, however, suspicious of my cable modem. Some of you may have read my problems with the @Home network last week. Well, I got the problem fixed for now but since I have been back in service my cable modem is acting strange. It shows almost constant activity. I can shut down EVERY non-essential program and run it bare bones but the light keeps flickering (the one that shows when you are downloading or uploading something). I am running Zone Alarm but even when I hit the internet "Lock" that supposedly shuts down all internet activity the modem continues to flicker. When I completely shut down my computer the light stops, so I thinks something strange is happening.
Another thing is that my Zone alarm has shown way more activity in the alerts column since I have been back on. Over a single night I got 500 alerts (that's the limit). I cleared them and it was up over 200 alerts 2 hours later. Most of them show to be harmless with a few that show up red. 90% come from computers with the same first 2 sets of numbers in the IP. (24.15.xx.xxx) Strangely enough that matches the first sets of numbers in my IP. So I know that they are @Home IP's.
A port scan (with Zone running) shows that I am in stealth mode and no open ports. When I turn off Zone I show all ports closed except 113 which show open (normal from what I hear).
So, what do you think? Am I a paranoid schizophrenic? How do you find out if there is some kind of back door thing happening on your machine? Please help me.
I'll just be sitting here in my tin foil helmet waiting for a reply.
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