I am not sure about the model number; but, it is an HP desktop. I am not sure how good I want this HP
Wireless LAN card to be; but, as long as it discovers the router in the next room, I guess it should be OK.
On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:54 +0000 (UTC), "Keith D. Lee"
<keithdlee2011@gmail.com> wrote:
>I am not sure about the model number; but, it is an HP desktop. I am not sure how good I want this HP
>Wireless LAN card to be; but, as long as it discovers the router in the next room, I guess it should be OK.
Since you have what is probably a strong signal to work with, it would
probably be easier to use a USB wireless adapter than an internal
card. This has the advantage of not picking up noise from the
motherboard, and potentially a better location for the antenna
(instead of in the middle of a tangle of wired behind the computer.
I don't have any USB favorites. but I suggest you get one with an
external antenna connector, probably via eBay or Amazon. Something
like this:
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/320819067357>
Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:54 +0000 (UTC), "Keith D. Lee"
> <keithdlee2011@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure about the model number; but, it is an HP desktop. I am
>> not sure how good I want this HP
>> Wireless LAN card to be; but, as long as it discovers the router in the
>> next room, I guess it should be OK.
>
> Since you have what is probably a strong signal to work with, it would
> probably be easier to use a USB wireless adapter than an internal
> card. This has the advantage of not picking up noise from the
> motherboard, and potentially a better location for the antenna
> (instead of in the middle of a tangle of wired behind the computer.
>
> I don't have any USB favorites. but I suggest you get one with an
> external antenna connector, probably via eBay or Amazon. Something
> like this:
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/320819067357>
That looks cool, and cheap.I have a couple the range expanders, great for
notebooks. I have bought one real tech card for pc, and it does not work. I
think the transmitter is broke.
On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:35:27 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
>On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:54 +0000 (UTC), "Keith D. Lee"
><keithdlee2011@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I am not sure about the model number; but, it is an HP desktop. I am not sure how good I want this HP
>>Wireless LAN card to be; but, as long as it discovers the router in the next room, I guess it should be OK.
>
>Since you have what is probably a strong signal to work with, it would
>probably be easier to use a USB wireless adapter than an internal
>card. This has the advantage of not picking up noise from the
>motherboard, and potentially a better location for the antenna
>(instead of in the middle of a tangle of wired behind the computer.
>
>I don't have any USB favorites. but I suggest you get one with an
>external antenna connector, probably via eBay or Amazon. Something
>like this:
><http://www.ebay.com/itm/320819067357>
I got an immediate :
"'Application Layer Gateway Service' from your computer wants to
connect to 211.154.151.147, port 21" from my firewall
From that address. Never happened before, while browsing. Any
ideas ?
[]'s
"Shadow" <Sh@dow.br> wrote in message
news:9vjgh7hfn7ki0326lfqe15lrtra9f2kand@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:35:27 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:54 +0000 (UTC), "Keith D. Lee"
>><keithdlee2011@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I am not sure about the model number; but, it is an HP desktop. I am not
>>>sure how good I want this HP
>>>Wireless LAN card to be; but, as long as it discovers the router in the
>>>next room, I guess it should be OK.
>>
>>Since you have what is probably a strong signal to work with, it would
>>probably be easier to use a USB wireless adapter than an internal
>>card. This has the advantage of not picking up noise from the
>>motherboard, and potentially a better location for the antenna
>>(instead of in the middle of a tangle of wired behind the computer.
>>
>>I don't have any USB favorites. but I suggest you get one with an
>>external antenna connector, probably via eBay or Amazon. Something
>>like this:
>><http://www.ebay.com/itm/320819067357>
>
> I got an immediate :
> "'Application Layer Gateway Service' from your computer wants to
> connect to 211.154.151.147, port 21" from my firewall
>
> From that address. Never happened before, while browsing. Any
> ideas ?
> []'s
Your adapter phoning home?
211.154.128.0 - 211.154.159.255
netname: ChinaMotion
country: CN
descr: China Motion Network Communication
descr: 9F,Yu Hua Industrial & Trading Building,Bao Gang Rd.
descr: Luo Hu District,Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:18:40 -0200, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
> I got an immediate :
>"'Application Layer Gateway Service' from your computer wants to
>connect to 211.154.151.147, port 21" from my firewall
>
> From that address. Never happened before, while browsing. Any
>ideas ?
> []'s
Your browser has been hijacked. Port 21 is FTP. Something on your
computer is trying to send your saved passwords, or keylogger capture
file to China.
Assuming Windoze, look in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
Download, install, and run Malwarebytes (free version). Do the quick
scan. If you have another virus scanner, use it assuming it's still
working.
--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:45:42 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:18:40 -0200, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
>
>> I got an immediate :
>>"'Application Layer Gateway Service' from your computer wants to
>>connect to 211.154.151.147, port 21" from my firewall
>>
>> From that address. Never happened before, while browsing. Any
>>ideas ?
>> []'s
>
>Your browser has been hijacked. Port 21 is FTP. Something on your
>computer is trying to send your saved passwords, or keylogger capture
>file to China.
>
>Assuming Windoze, look in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
>Download, install, and run Malwarebytes (free version). Do the quick
>scan. If you have another virus scanner, use it assuming it's still
>working.
I've done all that. Kaspersky iso boot=clean, Avira iso boot
=clean, Avast (from linux) = clean, Mbam = clean. My firewall still
screeches with that one page, but not any other ebay pages.
<hxxp://www.ebay.com/itm/320819067357>
So I disabled the alg.exe service and deleted the executables
(the backup too), even though virustotal showed nothing. I'll wait for
a new def file to delete the maybe trojan.
Tnx
[]'s
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:25:57 -0200, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:45:42 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:18:40 -0200, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
>>
>>> I got an immediate :
>>>"'Application Layer Gateway Service' from your computer wants to
>>>connect to 211.154.151.147, port 21" from my firewall
>>>
>>> From that address. Never happened before, while browsing. Any
>>>ideas ?
>>> []'s
>>
>>Your browser has been hijacked. Port 21 is FTP. Something on your
>>computer is trying to send your saved passwords, or keylogger capture
>>file to China.
>>
>>Assuming Windoze, look in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
>>Download, install, and run Malwarebytes (free version). Do the quick
>>scan. If you have another virus scanner, use it assuming it's still
>>working.
> I've done all that. Kaspersky iso boot=clean, Avira iso boot
>=clean, Avast (from linux) = clean, Mbam = clean. My firewall still
>screeches with that one page, but not any other ebay pages.
> <hxxp://www.ebay.com/itm/320819067357>
> So I disabled the alg.exe service and deleted the executables
>(the backup too), even though virustotal showed nothing. I'll wait for
>a new def file to delete the maybe trojan.
> Tnx
> []'s
Sigh. Look a the page source code. Buried among the images is:
<a href="http://item.ebay.com/330661092208" target="_blank">
<img src="ftp://211.154.151.147/load/102-1003-1019_u.jpg"
width="200px" border="0"></a><br><br>
(blah-blah-blah)
<a href="http://item.ebay.com/320817328410" target="_blank">
<img src="ftp://211.154.151.147/load/102-1003-1020_j.jpg"
width="200px" border="0"></a><br><br>
Note that the ftp is for a download, not an upload. The person that
scribbled this web page used ftp instead http to download the images
onto the page. There's no upload, so there's nothing to worry about.
The original message is vague in that it doesn't bother to mention if
the ftp is upload or download. You might want to email some nasty
comments to your firewall vendor.
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:04:29 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
>> I've done all that. Kaspersky iso boot=clean, Avira iso boot
>>=clean, Avast (from linux) = clean, Mbam = clean. My firewall still
>>screeches with that one page, but not any other ebay pages.
>> <hxxp://www.ebay.com/itm/320819067357>
>> So I disabled the alg.exe service and deleted the executables
>>(the backup too), even though virustotal showed nothing. I'll wait for
>>a new def file to delete the maybe trojan.
>> Tnx
>> []'s
>
>Sigh. Look a the page source code. Buried among the images is:
> <a href="http://item.ebay.com/330661092208" target="_blank">
> <img src="ftp://211.154.151.147/load/102-1003-1019_u.jpg"
> width="200px" border="0"></a><br><br>
>(blah-blah-blah)
> <a href="http://item.ebay.com/320817328410" target="_blank">
> <img src="ftp://211.154.151.147/load/102-1003-1020_j.jpg"
> width="200px" border="0"></a><br><br>
>
>Note that the ftp is for a download, not an upload. The person that
>scribbled this web page used ftp instead http to download the images
>onto the page. There's no upload, so there's nothing to worry about.
>
>The original message is vague in that it doesn't bother to mention if
>the ftp is upload or download. You might want to email some nasty
>comments to your firewall vendor.
Sorry about that. If I had some sleep I probably would have
got there, eventually. I'm rather fond of my firewall .... saved me
from trojans twice. Not the firewall's fault, was a classical PBKAC.
Tnx once again.
[]'s