Today i installed the Windows 7 Ultimate beta on my computer, after tweaking for a bit, i noticed that the firewall was down. As you do, i went to turn it on. Once i clicked on the icon. The computer froze, i immediately reviewed the computers performance from the task manager and saw that it was drastically reducing fast. As there was no firewall up, no anti-virus program installed, i knew that i was being attacked by a hacker. I'm sure all of you will of heard "Turn off your modem during the installation of Windows, it's a race between the installation and hackers, and the hackers always win" At this point it had been more then probably 1 hour being connected to the internet before it was brought to my attention that there was no firewall protecting my computer, so as i previously told you i straight away directed my attention to patching up this vital part of my systems security, i'll now tell you my system set up, Dell Dimension Computer, Dual Booting Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (soon to be Ubuntu As well) After it froze and i reviewed the performance i knew that i was being attacked by a cyber criminal hacker. So, my question is, how do i re-secure my computer and stop it being hacked by these hackers. Do i reset my ip adress reset my router? I already have re-installed windows. As thought of viruses came to mind. Somepeople could call me paranoid, however this is how i choose to be with computers, i'm very careful with my computer's security this is why im asking for a second opinion. I also have a D-Link Wireless router connecting my modem to the actual computer, and is it possible that this could have a firewall built into it? Thankyou for helping.
#2 Re: Please help me with my firewall Nightmare!!!!From what I have seen from the D-Link site, all of their routers have advanced firewall and security built in. So you are safe from external attacks.
It the stuff you have previously downloaded on your computer that is trying to phone home most probably.
Windows 7 firewall is turned on by default, and it will be most probably be this spitting the dummy.
Microsoft learned their lesson from the early versions of Win XP by having the firewall turned off by default, as you would know...