# Is your internet being hacked..I bet it is..here's the site to find out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629 "2000-03-11T01:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2SexyForMyComputer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/8baadc/32.png) [@2SexyForMyComputer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2SexyForMyComputer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/1 "2000-03-11T01:28:00Z")
I personally passed all the tests on this website…full stealth mode… [https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2](https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2) If you don’t pass the test try blackice or zone alarm 2.0…get the last laugh at these hackers… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/2 "2000-03-11T03:34:00Z")
What are you all doing on my internet? I don’t remember authorizing this! Go, shoo! ---
**Author:** ![2SexyForMyComputer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/8baadc/32.png) [@2SexyForMyComputer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2SexyForMyComputer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/3 "2000-03-11T03:38:00Z")
I should of clarified my first post…the link I posted takes you to a site that will test your ports on your computer to see if your vulnerable…thats all…try it…and let me know what kind of results you got…it might take a few minutes depending on what kind of modem. The only vulnerability the site found was they could see my i.p which isn’t that big of a deal…anyways…hope you dopers pass the test…ciao for now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yamen\_runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9fc29f/32.png) [@Yamen\_runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamen_runner)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/4 "2000-03-11T04:04:00Z")
get mikie in here ---
**Author:** ![TaleraRis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@TaleraRis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaleraRis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/5 "2000-03-11T04:25:00Z")
I had an open port, but then I took the advice on the site and dled ZoomAlarm and now I have full stealth mode as well. * * * I rode Omni in Springfield, IL ---
**Author:** ![Prairie\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Prairie\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prairie_Rose)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/6 "2000-03-11T04:31:00Z")
A good list of internet security sites can be found at [http://www.virtualsurreality.com/html/index.htm](http://www.virtualsurreality.com/html/index.htm) . The Shields Up test at [http://grc.com/default.htm](http://grc.com/default.htm) is very good. A better test, only usable by computers with permanent connections (cable modems, etc.) can be found at [http://www.secure-me.net/](http://www.secure-me.net/) . Zone Alarm (found at [http://www.zonelabs.com/](http://www.zonelabs.com/) is a very good tool for protecting your connected machine. It’s a very strong firewall and the price (free) can’t be beat. (This message brought to you by Bons, the computer geek who reads this BB over my shoulder… 😃 ) Prairie Rose * * * If you’re not part of the solution you’re just scumming up the bottom of the beaker. ---
**Author:** ![2SexyForMyComputer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/8baadc/32.png) [@2SexyForMyComputer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2SexyForMyComputer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/7 "2000-03-11T04:32:00Z")
not bad…most people fail that test miserably…you might wanna check out blackice…I heard its pretty good, i’m currently using zone alarm myself, and I have no complaints and no more port scans from goofy hackers ---
**Author:** ![2SexyForMyComputer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/8baadc/32.png) [@2SexyForMyComputer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2SexyForMyComputer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/8 "2000-03-11T04:33:00Z")
thanks prairie rose, I wasn’t aware of that cable modem test site…gonna go check that out right now ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/9 "2000-03-11T04:51:00Z")
I checked this out a few weeks ago and was told I had an open port, but it was then admitted that said port wasn’t a risk anyway. I can’t say I’m too worried. Programs designed to report port scans tend to freak people out since most of the time, it’s not a hacker attack but a benign attempt at a connection. Many port scan detectors are just now starting to be designed where the report suspicious scans instead of each and every scan. * * * “I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/10 "2000-03-11T09:50:00Z")
I’m sorry, I can’t let this pass. > [@](#): > > I should of … It’s HAVE - should HAVE. If you want to abbreviate, should’ve. Now, back to the show. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/11 "2000-03-11T16:35:00Z")
A URL like [https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2](https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2) gives me the creeps. Why not just drop to DOS & use netstat? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/12 "2000-03-11T19:13:00Z")
[http://www.grc.com](http://www.grc.com) is a great way to see where your vulnerabilities are (though if you dial up, you’re in less trouble than if you’re always on). I installed Zonealarm on my computer at work this week, just for the hell of it. I was surprised to find I got 3-4 attempts this week of someone trying to probe my computer. * * * “What we have here is failure to communicate.” – Strother Martin, anticipating the Internet. [www.sff.net/people/rothman](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-internet-being-hacked-i-bet-it-is-heres-the-site-to-find-out/14629/13 "2000-03-12T16:21:00Z")
Zone Alarm? We were discussing that the other day & it appears to be one of those programs that does not uninstall everthing. In other words, it leaves some DLLs [two, I think] that new programs could use to access your computer. Ill try to find out if this is actually the case.