There are a number of threads here already re routers, firewalls, etc that you can read when it comes time to get a router.

I would suggest a wired router unless you have skill at securing a wireless network which few people have. Wiring is easy to install. They have everything you need at the Home Box stores.

 

This "embioso*****" file that McAffee describes as a trojan keeps trying to insert itself into my startup. Winpatrol, which I installed yesterday alerts and stops it. The thing is that I then delete it from my windows\system32 folder and run several detection scans and nothing is found. I also then try to find the file using windows and it is not on the computer. A while later, winpatrol will alert again and when I check the system32 folder, it is back.

Any ideas as to what is going on?

 

Actually, setting up a wireless network with my Win2000 laptop, Win Xp desktop was a piece of cake to set up !!! Now the old Win 98 box was another story !

 

What you have to remeber about software, hardware, anti-virus programs, is that like anything they must be maintained. I'm an IT consultant, and I will tell you like I tell my clients. Just because you install a program like NAV or a Firewall like Zone Alarm (which is better than Symantec), doesn't mean you are protected. Most pen tests (pentration testing for security holes) show that mis-configured software/hardware are the main cause for security vulnerabilities. It's unfair for you to blame the software company if you don't update your software regularly enough. Firewalls should be configured to block access to all open ports except the ones that need to be open. IE has faults but you shouldn't blame someone for your mistake. If you go to Start --> Run and type cmd then type netstat -a ... this will tell you which open ports are currently "listening" or "talking" on your machine. Depending on what you use the computer for those ports usually should not number more than about 5-10.

jdadamsjr good luck on the wireless network thing, I wouldn't do it, unless I ran WEP, and used the mac addess to blocked access to everyone except myself. Those signals are incredibly easy to pick up. go to google and search for pringles can antenna. you'll be surprised what you find.

Good luck to everyone, and I in no way meant to demean anyone or offend anyone. I'm just offering some advice.

--Juan

 

All my software is always up to date. It's done both automatically and I also check manually to make sure. Even with this, yesterday I ran a NAV scan that found nothing. I then sent a copy of that embioso***** file that keeps showing up in the windows\system32 folder to norton and asked them what it was. (It was there before and after I ran the scan.) Norton replied that it was a known trojan, but offered no reason NAV did not recognize it. Do you know anything about embioso*****??

The netstat -a command show 16 listening, 11 established and 2 time wait, whatever that all means. I do run lots of things at once, though. Like now, I am running itunes, streaming a live baseball game, another page with constantly updating stats and also this FTE window. If you can offer any advice about whether my netstat command show problems and what to do (to Norton Firewall?) improve. Thanks.

 

Setting them up is easy, SECURING them so that your neighbor and anybody else wandering by with a wireless appliance can't shuffle thru your files and use your connection is another matter.

Don't use wireless unless you have the specific knowledge on how to secure the system or pay an IT professional to do it for you.

 

Bump! From yesterday: Does anyone know anything about this embioso*****?

Thanks

 

When you run netstat it tells you which ports are open or "Listening" meaning that remote machines can connect to your machine via that port. Established means a current connection exists between your machine and an other. If you see services such as FTP or telnet listening, immediately close them via firewall. These are very vulnerable ports and can be exploiting fairly easily.

Sorry shepard, I didn't see that you were asking me about the file.
The embosio***** file getting on your computer is the result of another trojan (Downloader-GF, Troj_Revop.A) being on your machine. http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...virus_k=100969 is the link from Mcafee explaining how it got onto your machine. More info from trend micro can be found here http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...e=TROJ_REVOP.A
You can remove this be going here http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp and downloading the sysclean package. Good Luck.