well i just got wireless intrernet so when my dad is upstairs and he wants to go online he can. well recently my dad was trying to burn a cd and all of the sidden it starts downloading songs that he has never heard of and he tryed to cancel but it wouldent let him. he ruined two disks doing that. a few days later my dad called me downstairs to look at something and it showed this one wierd email called [email protected] or something like that. if you have any sugestions please let me know. here are some programs that i have to protect Basic internet Security Mcaffy thats it so please any other programs to use i would be grateful for the help
strange i'm not sures its anything to do with the wireless, but try getting a firewall, and get the new micrsoft defender that should kep you safe.
okay zone LABS firewall works great ALSO WHAT IS YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER ? IS YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK LOCKED ?
ok, first make sure your wireless routers password is not the default one. Second make sure you change its broadcasting name so its not the default and tell it not to broadcast it. Make sure you have wpa encryption or something along those lines setup, consult your manual for details. And lastly get a firewall like zonealarm.
My suggestion is GET RID OF McAffee.... I hate the fact they are still in business.... they suck.... get something that will protect your computer and if you state what you are using to download these songs and files that would help as well.... and what the dude above me said is make sure that you have your router set up to where you have a WEP or WIRELESS ENCRIPTION PROTOCOL set up so that no one can come along and just hop right onto your router... it's just a 64 bit base or 128 bit base encription... set your pass and ---- to whatever you want.... Merged Post: Here is a list of passes and IP's for stock setup on some common routers I got for ya.... Router | Address | Username | Password 3Com | http://192.168.1.1 | admin| admin D-Link | http://192.168.0.1 | admin Linksys | http://192.168.1.1 | admin | admin Microsoft Broadband | http://192.168.2.1 | admin | admin Netgear | http://192.168.0.1 | admin | password Also more here: http://www.otosoftware.com/wwhelp/Default_...d_Passwords.htm ________________________________________________ After you put in the adress this is what you will find...: 1. Your wireless network name, known as the SSID. This name identifies your network. You should choose something unique that none of your neighbors will be using. 2. Wireless encryption (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which help protect your wireless network. For most routers, you will provide a passphrase that your router uses to generate several keys. Make sure your passphrase is unique and long (you don't need to memorize it). 3. Your administrative password, which controls your wireless network. Just like any other password, it should not be a word that you can find in the dictionary, and it should be a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. Be sure you can remember this password, because you'll need it if you ever have to change your router's settings. Merged Post: Hope that helps bro... or anyone else that needed to know all that... lol
i hope you havent been sending out any very personal info through your computer lately if it is someone hacking your wirelles network becuase he can catch all the pakets being sent between your computer and to the severs that your sending it too....
