How do i remove denial of service?
Q. I got hit by a virus named Error Cleaner, Privacy Protector and Spyware&Malware remover. I have cleaned this up using SmitFraudFix yet i face another problem. I am thinking i got hijacked/denied service because i cannot login on any clients, like Yahoo Messenger, PP and some other things. I also cannot update some java and virus scan. what do i do?
Asked by mariel - Fri Aug 15 12:19:52 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Go to the links in the previous poster's post. I just wanted to clarify that you cannot be getting hit with a denial of service. That requires a concerted effort of many machines all hitting one place at the same time. And it is never just one PC, it doesn't work that way. It has to take down an entire router, and usually an entire network. So everyone in your internet provider's area would be affected. Anyway, good luck fixing it with those links above. It can be very difficult cleaning off things that get installed like this. Just make sure you have an updated virus scanner running at all times to prevent this in the future.
Answered by Mark D - Fri Aug 15 13:08:32 2008

How do I stop a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack?
Q. I host a small website and MOO on my home connection, which has a maximum upload of about 20-25k/sec. Needless to say, it's not very speedy. One of the players who was banned for not following the rules has taken it upon himself to repeatedly send bogus requests to the server from various IPs. They are being dropped at the router, but unfortunately, the mere act of arriving is causing these connections to utilize all of my available bandwidth. Does anybody have any advice on how to block these attacks or, more importantly, are there any legal measures I can take to stop this person?
Asked by M - Sun Sep 30 00:12:28 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hi. A pleasure to answer you question. First of all.. let's go over the legal. Yes, you can stop them. It is a federal offense to perform a DDoS attack against someone. So not only could you report them to your ISP and hire an attorney to subpoena the logs of the ISP and track the person down.. but you could potentially get the FBI to do it for you and have them prosecuted by the AUSA (assistant US attorney). You need to subpoena... their ISP because providing you with information would be a violation of federal law ECPA (electronic communication protection act). Your ISP may or may not be bound by that but would probably require a subpoena on GP (general principles / general practice) as it relates to privacy. You must keep detailed… [cont.]
Answered by ForensicGirl - Sun Sep 30 01:24:46 2007

I need some information about the February 2000 Denial of Service attacks?
Q. I have to do a mini paper for my tech class over the Feb. 2000 DoS attacks. I'd appreciate any web pages with info. I've googled many times but I must not be searching the right way. Even if it's just one site, that's great. I need 6 sources but if I have one and they list sources aswell, I can use those too. Thanks!
Asked by L M - Wed Oct 1 22:09:22 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. To see how a denial of service' attack work see the following web site:
Answered by libra1313@rogers.com - Wed Oct 1 22:22:54 2008

Does getting to a store 9 minutes before closing time justify denial of service?
Q. I only needed to purchase one item.
Asked by Michael K - Wed Dec 5 23:38:49 2007 - - 18 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Depends on what kind of store you are patronizing and what their policies are. Sometimes the workers will clear the store and not let anyone enter towards closing time. If you knew what you wanted and it wouldn't cause a problem then they should've let you get in and get out. Hopefully you have another choice in stores and you can vote with your feet - and cash.
Answered by Bill - Wed Dec 5 23:42:34 2007

What could ISPs and corporations do to reduce the threat of denial-of-service attacks? Why haven t these ch?
Q. What could ISPs and corporations do to reduce the threat of denial-of-service attacks? Why haven t these changes been implemented? Should internet users or some federal agency demand that they be implemented? Why or why not?
Asked by herbert g - Sun Mar 18 19:28:51 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Not much... A Company can make a huge investment in defence against denial of service attacks and still get whacked hard look at the recent attack against GoDaddy :( All you can do during a DDOS when it's on and I mean really on is weather out the storm. ISPS need to get serious start cracking down on these bot nets setup on their networks. To cleanup the net it would mean losing privacy and big brother out there live and in color you can bet alot of people would holler at that
Answered by unknown - Sun Mar 18 21:20:08 2007

Is there some Denial of Service attacks going on at top Conservative sites tonight?
Q. For some reason, I cannot pull up the pages of prominent Conservatives sites like Michelle Malkin or Newsbusters.org, but I have no problem pulling up the likes moveon.org and Huffington Post.
Asked by Uncle Pennybags - Thu Apr 15 23:08:30 2010 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You're just getting a taste of what Obama wants "net neutrality" to be. Conservatism doesn't exist in the main stream media. It only exists on Fox, the internet, and talk radio. Obama is trying to squash all of those.
Answered by Benny - Thu Apr 15 23:10:42 2010

If someone knows my IP address, can they possibly use a Denial of Service attack on my home PC?
Q. What are DOS attacks still valid on? Can they be used to attack a home PC if the person knows my IP address?
Asked by jr_9950 - Thu Apr 24 22:19:26 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If a computer hacker live your area, it could cause heavy damage your life or your PC(if it's wireless). they can use dos command to kill your PC by sending certain codes. I know them and I only use them at work for personal reasons. If can you want more info on IP address, I add couple link for you: This is exactly what you looking for:
Answered by Coach T-Pouch - Thu Apr 24 22:32:48 2008

Which of the following could be a technique used for a Denial of Service (DoS) attack?
Q. Which of the following could be a technique used for a Denial of Service (DoS) attack? a. Using someone's home computer to act as a 'zombie' to access the targeted site. b. Using someone's home computer to 'phish' for 'zombies'. c. 'Ping' home computers to find zombies. d. Using Trojan horses to plant 'phishing' software
Asked by THING 2 - Fri Nov 14 12:51:56 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

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Answered by Dr.Zy - Fri Nov 14 13:12:02 2008

Is Yahoo Answers being hit by Denial of Service attacks?
Q. I can't go anywhere in YA?? Is this the end of Yahoo Answers??
Asked by T.J. - Thu Jun 25 18:27:51 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. no, it's another server problem...it happens frequently. Yahoo answers isn't ending...it's just annoying us today. It should go back to normal...well almost normal later
Answered by Ms. Smarty a.k.a Pokegirl - Thu Jun 25 18:44:35 2009

What amount of pinging would qualify as ping flooding or a denial of service attack?
Q. I'm trying to maintain continuously active router activity, because this is required to make my Nintendo DS work with an incompatible router. I've been setting my ping utility to send unlimited pings to a site, but I've since learned about ping flooding, which is something I want to avoid. So, what specifically would be considered "flooding." Is it flooding if I simply send more than one packet? All I can find is that "flooding" is when you send a huge number of packets, yet no sites seem to explain what would actually be huge?
Asked by Dino-might - Mon Sep 4 12:33:03 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You can ping a server for a short time to know actual trasmit rate. But, continuous pinging may result in blocked ip. As server terminates the unecessary packet load,. You need to just ping whenver you feel something wrong otherwise the new server architecture is build to live the connection longer as required. Ping the server with interval for a short period.
Answered by jcbroogley - Mon Sep 4 12:40:07 2006

Can firewalls protect your computer against denial of service attacks?
Q. This is for my univ assignment :) I dont know whether firewall protect against DoS or not. --Thanks
Asked by dan - Wed Oct 11 10:26:30 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. In addition to what imsurfing said, be sure that your firewall can stealth your connection. Test your system security at grc.com and do a shields up scan. By having your ports stealthed, if a person scans for open ports and your IP address is in the range of their scan, your connection will not be detected. Of course using p2p programs does reveal your IP address making yourself a target yet again.
Answered by Cambion Chadeauwaulker - Wed Oct 11 10:35:38 2006

Under current insurance I can sue insurance company for denial of service, will I be able to sue Uncle Sam?
Q. if the same thing happens?
Asked by Obama - Wimp in the White House - Thu Nov 5 14:59:16 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. no the government is immune from those type of law suits
Answered by Paul Grass - Thu Nov 5 18:33:15 2009

Is Denial of Service effective through a proxy?
Q. Is Denial of Service effective through a proxy?
Asked by rood dood - Thu Jul 23 07:24:44 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well not really. Proxies normally have a slower response rate, which makes the overwhelming flood of information towards your target kind of pointless. Their system will normally just shrug it off. Your best bet is a DDoS attack, using a bunch of systems rather than one. That way you maintain your own identity.
Answered by Gordon - Thu Jul 23 07:31:35 2009

Is a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) illegal?
Q. Is it illegal? And how do you trace the attacker's IP?
Asked by 3vilMTV - Thu May 1 01:46:30 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. it is illegal If the attacker is gd they usually hide their IP well difficult to find One way they usually use a technique to sent a packet to many different machine which will cos the server to respond to the sender However they changed the IP to the target IP therefore target will be overwhelmed with numerous respond not able to handle and crash Or they can also use a bot network Usually attacker that use sophisticated method are usually difficult to trace Their machine dun communicate directly with the "soldiers"
Answered by freebsd-unix.sg - Thu May 1 01:58:08 2008

Could someone tell me how do zombie computer and botnet use for denial of service (DoS) attack?
Q. Could someone tell me how do zombie computer and botnet use for denial of service (DoS) attack?
Asked by Grace G - Mon Apr 9 08:48:14 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yeah, you program them. Guess what, if you're asking this question, you're incapable of doing so. Thankfully, you aren't capable of learning on your own. EDIT: Look, a zombie computer is one taken over by a program (people install all sorts of crud on their computers). A botnet is simply these programs being linked together, and being used in concerted attacks. A DoS attack basically floods a server with malicious packets from a botnet, basically shutting it down. If you want more information, you will have to find it yourself.
Answered by csanon - Mon Apr 9 08:57:29 2007

CVS Bad customer service... denial of service!?
Q. Last night, at around 11:10p.m., I went to a CVS pharmacy and asked the pharmacist to assist me in getting a medicine for a series of prescriptions. My insurance expired on July 31st and we only had about an hour to get the medicine on the insurance. To my surprise, the pharmacist had a 'chip on her shoulder' and was terribly awful! To make a long story short, she ended up insulting my nephew (who was with me at the time, 12-year old) and myself. We ended up exchanging insults and she refused to assist me while sh was assisgint other customers. Is there anything I can do to legally have CVS pay for this medicine? The pharmacist purposedly kept us there for almost 30-40 minutes. I spoke to the manager but he said there was nothing he could… [cont.]
Asked by Mr. Bigglesworth the 2nd - Wed Aug 1 02:11:14 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I have no advice but i hope you sock it to 'em...I deal with the cvs in warrenton va...the customer service is horrible...not everybody mind you...mainly the pharmacist...good luck on your endeavor
Answered by heavy_metal_petals - Thu Aug 2 17:42:04 2007

CVS Bad Customer Service... denial of service!?
Q. Last night, at around 11:10p.m., I went to a CVS pharmacy and asked the pharmacist to assist me in getting a medicine for a series of prescriptions. My insurance expired on July 31st and we only had about an hour to get the medicine on the insurance. To my surprise, the pharmacist had a 'chip on her shoulder' and was terribly awful! To make a long story short, she ended up insulting my nephew (who was with me at the time, 12-year old) and myself. We ended up exchanging insults and she refused to assist me while sh was assisgint other customers. Is there anything I can do to legally have CVS pay for this medicine? The pharmacist purposedly kept us there for almost 30-40 minutes. I spoke to the manager but he said there was nothing he could… [cont.]
Asked by Mr. Bigglesworth the 2nd - Wed Aug 1 02:14:12 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I don't think there is anything you can do to them. nothing they could have done either... it usually takes an hour to get one prescription filled... and that's only if they have it in the store.. i guess you might be able to file a complaint for them insulting you instead of kicking you out, but i don't know if it would be worth it..
Answered by brother_lu - Wed Aug 1 02:25:15 2007

Denial of Service if im a sombie?
Q. If I was a zombie, what should i do???
Asked by Collin - Wed Sep 23 11:41:26 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You need to find the piece of software on your computer that is infecting your PC and turning into a botnet zombie. You can try removing it with a free tool from TrendMicro called RUBotted
Answered by Laichzeit - Wed Sep 23 11:49:52 2009

Is it possible to create a denial of service attack using Collision Detection on an Ethernet network?
Q. Talking about CSMA/CD(Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) in my CISCO net academy, the question came up. Is it possible to create a denial of service attack by spoofing a collision signal? If so, are there any safeguards that are implemented in networks to stop such an attack from occurring? The question was more about legacy hubbed networks(forgot to mention that). But you gave me exactly what I was asking. Thanks.
Asked by Comodidit - Mon Nov 17 22:02:42 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Not in modern networks. The reason for this is simple. First, every port on a switch is a separate collision domain. You would only be DoSing yourself and your switch port. Second, most devices attached to an Ethernet switch run in Full duplex mode. When running full duplex the CSMA/CD functions are turned off. This attack however (with a slight variation) does have teeth on a wireless network due to the fact that you are back on shared media like an old Ethernet hub. The difference is that 802.11 uses CSMA/CA. The CA in this case is Collision Avoidance. However... in order to do this you already have to have access to the wireless network. Gaining access to a wireless network just to launch a DoS attack seems a bit silly to me. [cont.]
Answered by Stephen Dugan - Tue Nov 18 20:21:28 2008

Is this illegal? Voluntary Denial of Service attack?
Q. It's probably unethical, but suppose there was a hate website out there that you think a lot of people would like to see taken down, but is nevertheless protected under freedom of speech. Could you hypothetically write a program that gets distributed via an email chain letter and once installed on a computer, starts pinging the target website. Once the program's been distributed around enough, the website won't be accessible because of the ping jam. Technically, it's feasible: that's what certain viruses do. But would it be legal, since unlike a virus, you are asking people to voluntarily take part in the "attack"? It's probably unethical, but suppose there was a hate website out there that you think a lot of people would like to see… [cont.]
Asked by retfordt - Wed Jan 3 18:55:35 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, very illeagal!
Answered by Terence C - Wed Jan 3 19:03:02 2007