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Now that it is summer time, and some of my family is back home for summer I decided it's time to block some torrent sites for the sake of our bandwidth limit :rolleyes: .

So after I did that I started motoring the logs a little when I noticed that I'm getting some minimal traffic from what is set as my one and only dmz ip *which I use for my ps3*, so I run downstairs, and the ps3 is still in standby, so I run upstairs to check attached devices, nothing under my set ip is on at the moment.


So I have 2 main questions.

1) Is it possible for the ps3 to be accessing the internet in standby? While not showing up as a attached device?

2) Could someone be hacking a computer attached to my network, and accessing my dmz ip without showing up in the attached devices(for my dmz ip)?

Ignore the first question, I have disabled dmz and it's not happening, if it was the ps3 it would still be doing it.

It is possible that someone has put a backdoor/server on your computer. What you should do is close all running programs and open command prompt.

Once open, type netstat -n

It will display all activity. If you see anything out of place, dns the foreign hostname. If it doesn't resolve as anything familiar, then you are probably infected.

Go to task manager if this is the case. Find any unusual processes. If you're not sure, go to search on your pc and type the file name of the unfamiliar process. If its anything malicious you can then delete it. Make sure to wipe your registry, also.

Thank you very much for the response, currently I am disconnecting computers from my router, and watching the log. I'm pretty sure one of the computers has an infection since people don't take care of their shit..

Yup and I've just told you the easiest way to find the infection and dispose of it. :y: