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Posted by Colin Wilson on 04/16/06 19:45
> Having been using my router for a few months now just for its hardware
> firewall and ethernet connection I was appalled to just find that three
> other computer had decided to join my network!
Lets hope for your sake they haven`t been downloading kiddy pron...
> I can understand that people want to use these items straight out of the box
> and for their connection to be automatically detected but surely it is not
> too much to expect a little bit of security rather than the "hey come and
> connect to me" signal that is broadcast
So basically you don`t know how to configure hardware you bought, and
think its the manufacturers and / or Windows' fault.
Have you now tightened up your network settings (disabling file and
printer sharing) and set up WPA ?
Have you also scanned your own system with a plethora of anti-spyware
just to make sure they haven`t put anything on it ? (my site at
http://www.coreutilities.co.uk might give you some pointers)
As for the other computers, have you scanned them to see what they have
open ? (something like AngryIP works great - http://www.angryziber.com)
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