How do I track an attacking computer?

junkyjedi · Nov 17, 2005

I am looking for a way to track an attacking computer. Is it possible to use the address given by mt security software(I believe they give you their IP address when their blocked) If not there has got to be a way.

chaslang · Nov 17, 2005

Do you have a firewall installed? It should give you some info too.

junkyjedi · Nov 18, 2005

Yes I have a firewall that is where I get the IP address from I am curious as to how I use The IP address. Say its 207.126.111.217 how do I use that. Thank You by the way for the reply I knbow you got better things to do than this I appreciate it.

chaslang · Nov 18, 2005

junkyjedi said:

I am curious as to how I use The IP address. Say its 207.126.111.217 how do I use that.
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What do you mean by "how do I use the IP address"?

If you just want to know who it belongs to, you can go to a variety of sites to look it up.
For example, here are a few:

http://samspade.org

http://psacake.com/web/eg.asp

http://cqcounter.com/whois/

For your example IP address:
Code:
 
[b]IP Address [/b]: [207.126.111.217] sand.mozilla.org
[b]IP Location[/b]: [img]http://img.cqcounter.com/flags/us.gif[/img] United States [[b]US[/b]]
OrgName: Abovenet Communications, Inc 
OrgID: ABVE
Address: 150 S. 1st Street, Ste 289
City: San JoseState
Prov: CA
PostalCode: 95113
Country: US 
 

junkyjedi · Nov 18, 2005

hanks chaslang, that is exactly what I was looking for. I own a company and have recently had quite a few attempts to gain access to my computer and was looking for a way to track them. My next question is when I do track them what can I do (other than installing spyware, antivirus, etc) .I have a close friend who recently lost a large sum of money due to crackers we are getting fed up. By the way I think what you guys do here is fantastic, this has become one of my favorite places to watch and learn. Thanks again.

chaslang · Nov 18, 2005

Well in some cases you could try contacting the company if it is legit. Sometime the problem is that the company may be in another country and you will not be able to do very much about whatever problems they are causing you. You are better off just blocking the addresses using your firewall and leave it at that. Otherwise you could waste a load of time and money chasing them down.

junkyjedi · Nov 18, 2005

You know, with what I have been reading lately it seems this is the norm and it is contributing to the sad state of affairs. You would be amazed at what they almost got away with recently!( well maby you wouldn't) and it is not like I don't have the resources. what I am trying to do is not only prevent them from trying this again I would like to give them a taste of their own medicine if that is AT ALL POSSIBLE. I appreciate it again, now once I do track them does that mean their usualy gone? Is their a way to send their crap back to them? Probably a dumb question. Any other advice

chaslang · Nov 18, 2005

junkyjedi said:

what I am trying to do is not only prevent them from trying this again I would like to give them a taste of their own medicine if that is AT ALL POSSIBLE. I appreciate it again, now once I do track them does that mean their usualy gone? Is their a way to send their crap back to them? Probably a dumb question. Any other advice
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It is not always as easy as you think to track them. Just because you get an IP address and maybe a name (which may be phony), does not mean you have access to them. They in most cases block incoming connections anyway. They do know about firewalls etc too. Most of the biggest problems come from places outside the USA where regulations are not as tight and trying to track the real source down is not always easy. Malware can even spoof IPs and URLs to make you think it came from someplace else.

Use and keep up to date, AV, AS, hardware and software firewalls. Block all unnecessary programs and close all unnecessary ports.

How to Protect yourself from malware!

junkyjedi · Nov 18, 2005

Thanks again I will do just that. Once again, you cats rock!

chaslang · Nov 19, 2005

You're welcome! Surf safely!

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