Anybody else getting pinged 1000s of times a day by Earthlink/Mindspring

[Bossy Monkey]

subscribers, or am I just lucky? I'm assuming they're all pings, because that's the result I got the only time the Zone Alarm AlertAdviser worked; the rest just bring Error messages (implying that a lot of folks are submitting stuff and they're overloaded).

I'm on Earthlink, too. Sometimes, rarely, the alerts come from my own machine, but these aren't. They are all rated Medium, so I'm not overly concerned, just curious.

[WillyT]

1. Don't Worry, It's Probably a 'Low Level' Threat That's 'Easy' To Remove

LOL!!!

:hi:

Is your IP address static, or dynamic?

Have you tested your port vulnerability here:https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 (go to bottom buttons, select 'Common Ports', run test)

Have you removed all spyware bots?

:shrug:

[Bossy Monkey]

5. Dynamic, protected by Zone Alarm, and all of them caught by

AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy, respectively. Shields Up gave my Common Port security a perfect score. Yay for Zone Alarm.

As I said the first time, I have no security concern about the pings; just curious.

[harper]

2. What the heck is a ping

I'm also an earthlink customer, and my Zone Alarm Alert Advisor tells me I'm getting hundreds of pings/day. I've gone to the free security sites and they all tell me my computer passes their tests with flying colors...very stealthy.

[TrogL]

3. ICMP ping

Is a protocol to discover if an IP address if active.

What you're seeing is blaster virus fallout.

[GOPisEvil]

4. Yup, and it makes my RoadRunner move like a 14.4 dial-up!

x(

[Bossy Monkey]

6. Thanks, but why just Earthlink, and why just in the last 24 hours?

Have they been specifically targeted, or particularly lax?

[WillyT]

8. My Connection Has Been Effected Twice In The Last Three Days !!!

This is what I posted the first time it happened. Check out the times.
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If my ISP is having problems, will it be refected in every hop count on a trace route??? IOW - As long as my end is slow, all other speed measurements will be slow as well, correct???

My cross country tracert:

C:\>tracert www.democraticunderground.com

Tracing route to www.democraticunderground.com <216.158.54.197>
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1423 ms 1582 ms 2313 ms adsl-67-122-231-254.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net <67.

2 2643 ms 1753 ms 1943 ms dist1-vlan60.scrm01.pbi.net <64.171.152.130>
3 2924 ms 2424 ms 701 ms bb1-g5-0.scrm01.pbi.net <64.171.152.231>
4 2364 ms 1772 ms 711 ms bb1-p12-3.sntc01.sbcglobal.net <151.164.188.121
5 1622 ms 1763 ms 1532 ms bb2-p12-0.sntc01.pbi.net <64.161.1.26>
6 1943 ms 1913 ms 1302 ms bb1-p3-0.eqsjca.sbcglobal.net <64.161.1.54>
7 2344 ms 1382 ms 1021 ms ge4-1.cr02.sjo01.pccwbtn.net <206.223.116.48>
8 1543 ms 1041 ms 1092 ms pos2-0.cr01.phl02.pccwbtn.net <63.218.30.33>
9 1102 ms 1101 ms 1132 ms dcanet.fe7-3.cr01.phl02.pccwbtn.net <63.218.31.

10 1161 ms 1212 ms 1222 ms core-1-pos0-1-0.oldcity.dca.net <216.158.30.65>

11 1372 ms 1262 ms 1332 ms core-3-fa4-0-0-1.oldcity.dca.net <207.245.82.3>

12 2003 ms 1993 ms 1812 ms www.democraticunderground.com <216.158.54.197>

Trace complete.

These are some pretty lousy times, LOL!!!

Just wonderin if it's little ole me out here.
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Compared with now:

C:\>tracert www.democraticunderground.com

Tracing route to www.democraticunderground.com <216.158.54.197>
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms adsl-67-122-231-254.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net <67.[br />22.231.254]
2 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms dist1-vlan60.scrm01.pbi.net <64.171.152.130>
3 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms bb1-g5-0.scrm01.pbi.net <64.171.152.231>
4 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms bb1-p12-3.sntc01.sbcglobal.net <151.164.188.121[br />
5 20 ms 20 ms 30 ms bb2-p12-0.sntc01.pbi.net <64.161.1.26>
6 20 ms 30 ms 30 ms bb1-p3-0.eqsjca.sbcglobal.net <64.161.1.54>
7 20 ms 30 ms 30 ms ge4-1.cr02.sjo01.pccwbtn.net <206.223.116.48>
8 90 ms 90 ms 111 ms pos5-1.cr01.chc01.pccwbtn.net <63.218.6.38>
9 100 ms 110 ms 100 ms pos2-0.cr01.phl02.pccwbtn.net <63.218.30.33>
10 100 ms 120 ms 131 ms dcanet.fe7-3.cr01.phl02.pccwbtn.net <63.218.31.[br />]
11 100 ms 100 ms 101 ms core-1-pos0-1-0.oldcity.dca.net <216.158.30.65>

12 100 ms 100 ms 111 ms core-3-fa4-0-0-1.oldcity.dca.net <207.245.82.3>

13 100 ms 111 ms 120 ms www.democraticunderground.com <216.158.54.197>

Trace complete.

And it ALWAYS gets slow when it hits the east coast. Anybody know why???

:shrug:

[Bossy Monkey]

9. Langley (n/t)

[WillyT]

10. LOL !!! --- Good One !

:bounce:

[WillyT]

7. Ping Explained Here... Sort Of !!!

Link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_TCPIP_pro_Ping.htm

:hi: