Comments on: what are the signs that youre being hacked in your laptop that has a belkin router? http://www.routersguide.com/blog/belkin-router/what-are-the-signs-that-youre-being-hacked-in-your-laptop-that-has-a-belkin-router/ This blog will tell you everything that you need to know about Cisco, Juniper, Netgear, Linksys, and Foundry wireless routers. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:48:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: poebassman http://www.routersguide.com/blog/belkin-router/what-are-the-signs-that-youre-being-hacked-in-your-laptop-that-has-a-belkin-router/comment-page-1/#comment-5174 poebassman Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:28:02 +0000 http://www.routersguide.com/blog/belkin-router/what-are-the-signs-that-youre-being-hacked-in-your-laptop-that-has-a-belkin-router/#comment-5174 An experienced hacker won't leave signs. Inexperienced ones can be foiled... You can look at the security log on your router for an IP address from a remote site that keeps touching your router. Use NSLOOKUP at the DOS prompt. Type Set Type=PTR and then type in that IP address. It might tell you a domain it came from. You can go to that domain's web site and find a report abuse link where you can report the offender. Change the password on the router to a strong password 6 characters and three numbers that NOT contiguous to make it hard. Clear all spyware and virus from your computers. Make sure that the default OS firewall is enabled and you can even add a thirdparty firewall. Change all passwords on your computers often. An experienced hacker won't leave signs. Inexperienced ones can be foiled…

You can look at the security log on your router for an IP address from a remote site that keeps touching your router.

Use NSLOOKUP at the DOS prompt. Type Set Type=PTR and then type in that IP address. It might tell you a domain it came from. You can go to that domain's web site and find a report abuse link where you can report the offender.

Change the password on the router to a strong password 6 characters and three numbers that NOT contiguous to make it hard.

Clear all spyware and virus from your computers. Make sure that the default OS firewall is enabled and you can even add a thirdparty firewall.

Change all passwords on your computers often.

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