Thread: netbios and www
View Single Post
Old 05-23-2007, 11:48 AM   #5 (permalink)
Law
Law's Avatar
 
Wizard Techie

Join Date: Aug 2005

Location: the data closet

Posts: 4,172

Law is on a distinguished road

Default Re: netbios and www

Quote:
Originally Posted by jimath View Post
hi everyone.
i use XP and i ve installed zone alarm.
many many times, zone alarm displays a window with the following message:
"THE FIREWALL HAS BLOCKED INTERNET ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER
(NETBIOS SESSION) FROM (IP ADRESS..) (TCP PORT 4136) FLAG S"

I dont have a LAN and today disabled netbios.
could anyone please explain me what this message could be?
it could be a threat from the internet ?

Thanks
You should consider a home router for added protection against port scanning.
__________________

Law is offline