The 6th line tells that the guy trying to acces my computer is named Fa10-3 under a nick ARC-RJ (Rio de Janeiro I guess) and is from .br which means Brazil?

Am I right?

Can anyone explain this please, I am not a geek and the only DOS command I've learned is tracert, but never knew how to read the information displayed back..

first... I don't access the internet using telemar. I use gvt.

second... I don't live in Rio. claudiolky does.

third... why in the bloody hell would I want to access yer computer??

be aware my lawyers are going to contact you because of a lawsuit for false accusation... see you in court.

later,

I didn't think he was implying you

I clearly was asking how to read the result of a tracert command. I did not mention any names. All I did was asking how to interpret the command.

Since last week my firewall alerts have more than quadrupled, which was very annoying. I know that anyone can call himself Fa-10 and get a nick like arc. That is why I did not accuse anyone.

That is simply the sixth server your internet request has been through. Tracert is short for traceroute. It shows the ip addresses and time it takes for internet requests to reach the server the website is located on.

J-dog speaks the truth. Your results are showing the route that your Internet request is going through. You're hitting those computers not the other way around.

Some light reading for you:

http://www.wurd.com/misc_tracert.php

http://www.visualware.com/resources/tutorials/tracert.html

http://pcpitstop.com/internet/tracert_results.asp

according to: [url]
http://www.computerhope.com/tracert.htm[/url]

The tracert command is used to visually see a network packet being sent and received and the amount of hops required for that packet to get to its destination.

So tracert shows the packets sent and received. What I did is tracert an IP address that was shown by my firewall, it said: the following address was trying to access your computer.

long live the internet

when you type www.google.com in a browser, you request google page, and therefore, google page reachs your computer... doesn't mean google is trying to access your computer... you requested it...

what arc says, you send a request, you recive an answer, like a PING echo, if you think you have an invation check your firewall log, run crapCleaner, then run HiJackThis, save a log from HiJackThis, post it on bleepingcomputers.com and let someone smart sort it out for you.

Request packets are sent from your computer and reply packets are received by your computer. Trace route is showing how your Internet traffic is being routed.

If you want to attempt to find out who is "hitting" your computer then take the IP address from your firewall log and do an IP lookup. Even then that won't tell you everything.

So basically you were doing a search for Arc brazil and rio and pinged yourself.
Arc's not in Rio.

Nope, my firewall kept showing numerous consecutive alerts last night. I took the IP addresses and did a tracert. When I read the 6 th line of one of those tracert commands, I noticed that someone in Brazil requested something from my computer. The similarity were confusing and I wanted to gather more information before any action. I know now much more. I spoke with an internet security teacher who is a friend of mine and he is doing some research on the subject.

Thanks all for helping.

Meanwhile, in MSN...

Apex diz:
happy?
arc diz:
should I?
Apex diz:
I guess
arc diz:
why?
Apex diz:
you know why Fabio
arc diz:
no I don´t
Apex diz:
good
Apex diz:
may you please delete me from your msn?
arc diz:
why?
arc diz:
what happened?
Apex diz:
I don't trust you
arc diz:
dude... you´re really not making any sence
Apex diz:
unless FA10_3 the guy sniffing my computer is just an alias of someone in Brazil who is trying to make me think he is you...
arc diz:
THAT????
Apex diz:
which is farfetched..
arc diz:
Ya really think that if I wanted to get into yer computer I´d use my psc nickname and real name to do so???
arc diz:
don´t be naive...
arc diz:
I have nothing to do with that...
Apex diz:
I am not
arc diz:
I don´t live in Rio, my isp is not telemar...
arc diz:
you´re being paranoid...
Apex diz:
nope
Apex diz:
factual
Apex diz:
facts are facts
arc diz:
and what are the facts?
Apex diz:
espeically when it is about computers
arc diz:
tell me... what are the facts?
Apex diz:
the fact is that FA10_3 tried and succeeded in accessing my pc
arc diz:
really? and what does that have to do with me?
Apex diz:
anyway
Apex diz:
take care
Apex diz:
and I wish you the best
Apex diz:
I won't be using this msn id anymore, if you have any question just pm on psc
Apex diz:
bye
arc diz:
dude... one last thing...
Apex diz:
yep
arc diz:
may I post this hilarious paranoid talk we had at PSC?
arc diz:
ya there Crowned?
Apex diz:
I am here yep
Apex diz:
I am not paranoid
Apex diz:
I have a firewall that keept sending alerts
Apex diz:
it is really annoying and I wanted to know what was the reason
arc diz:
ok... have a nice life mate. Sorry ya think I´m sneaking into yer computer.

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