How serious is this?

[Mephisto_Helix]

This happened twice at about 4am and seeing as it's the first time I've experienced it, I thought I'd get some info from here of course Anyway, I have Sygate Personal Firewall and both alerts were this:


Security Type: Port Scan - Severity: Minor - Direction: Incoming

1) "Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's TCP ports:
7212, 6588, 8000, 50050 and 808 have been scanned from 118.161.241.109."

2) "Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's TCP ports:
80, 3128, 8080, 1080 and 7212 have been scanned from 118.161.241.109."

So ....... should I start freaking out or relax because the firewall caught it? And what can I do to ensure it doesn't happen again (if possible). Muchos appreciatos for any info as always

 

[sn3rd]

You've reached Grandmaster status and haven't had any port scan alerts before? Impressive

Seriously though... It's just a port scan for popular ports:
Port 80: http
Port 3128: Squid cache
Port 8080: tomcat
Port 1080: SOCKS
Port 7212: Ghostsurf

Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone. So it seems like someone looking for mischief

 

[Ivork]

So ....... should I start freaking out or relax because the firewall caught it? And what can I do to ensure it doesn't happen again (if possible). Muchos appreciatos for any info as always

Happens all the time - Relax.
Unless you know who it is, no, nothing you can do about it.

 

[shenku]

it is quite a common thing, it's impressive you haven't noticed it until now

 

[Asha'man X]

I still have Sygate at home, and it's done a sterling job over the years on our miserable dial up connection.

However, I think it's time for me to upgrade the firewall to Comodo. Comodo is really crazy with features, but in today's insecure world, you need all you can get I guess.

Now just to find the time to do it lol.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

You've reached Grandmaster status and haven't had any port scan alerts before? Impressive

Seriously though... It's just a port scan for popular ports:
Port 80: http
Port 3128: Squid cache
Port 8080: tomcat
Port 1080: SOCKS
Port 7212: Ghostsurf

Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone. So it seems like someone looking for mischief

Happens all the time - Relax.
Unless you know who it is, no, nothing you can do about it.

it is quite a common thing, it's impressive you haven't noticed it until now

I still have Sygate at home, and it's done a sterling job over the years on our miserable dial up connection.

However, I think it's time for me to upgrade the firewall to Comodo. Comodo is really crazy with features, but in today's insecure world, you need all you can get I guess.

Now just to find the time to do it lol.

Thanks for the info guys ....... /me is glad to hear it's nothing serious

 

[andres101]

hmmmm, I thought the "Severity: Minor" would have given you a clue...

 

[AirWolf]

hmmmm, I thought the "Severity: Minor" would have given you a clue...

Yep, that is a dead giveaway.

 

[sn3rd]

hmmmm, I thought the "Severity: Minor" would have given you a clue...

Lol... Would be funny if the firewall reported "OMG! You're in huge %@$# !!!"

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Haha ...... hey one mans 'minor' is anothers 'oh fsck' ..... and I fall into the latter

 

[gregmcc]

surprised port 22 is not on the list

 

[.Froot.]

This happened twice at about 4am and seeing as it's the first time I've experienced it, I thought I'd get some info from here of course Anyway, I have Sygate Personal Firewall and both alerts were this:


Security Type: Port Scan - Severity: Minor - Direction: Incoming

1) "Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's TCP ports:
7212, 6588, 8000, 50050 and 808 have been scanned from 118.161.241.109."

2) "Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's TCP ports:
80, 3128, 8080, 1080 and 7212 have been scanned from 118.161.241.109."

So ....... should I start freaking out or relax because the firewall caught it? And what can I do to ensure it doesn't happen again (if possible). Muchos appreciatos for any info as always

The IP address comes from Taipei, Taiwan. Nothing too serious.