How does someone protect their computer from being pinged? Is it possible for someone to ping your computer ( even though you have a router and firewall ) through yahoo messenger? I have win xp home edition, I have sbc with a 2 wire router and I have NIS2007 I also use markjansen and black vipers guides to tighten the security on my computer but alas I am afraid someone has been able to either hack into my computer or at least trace me through yahoo messenger ( meaning getting my ip and finding where I am at all times ) I know I cannot make my computer completely hacker proof ( it would take more knowledge and software programs than I have and probably end up with it still not being enough since hackers are becoming more inventive every day ) I even went so far as to change my ip address ( ipconfig / release / renew )
Is it possible to make my mac address only accept connections from my pc or only pcs on my network? I say network ( hope I'm using the term correctly ) I have 5 computers some with NIS 2007 some with Zone alarm internet security 2007 we only have 1 printer connected to 1 computer. all computers have routers 2 on 1 and 3 on the other. Not Wireless they are all ethernet connections.
I have a person who is following me with everything i say on my yahoo messenger and every place I go they follow me and annoy me to death. They made an id pinging you . This made me think they were pinging my ip address which I've read up on and have realised they can do this with direct connects through say yahoo messenger, can they do this when I logged into a yahoo website but not on messenger? Can they do this if I am NOT talking on yahoo messenger to anyone but just have it on?
I've even wiped my drive ( 35 times ) formated my computer and yet again when I connect to my yahoo mesenger first it starts shutting down, then it tells me my password didn't work, so I shut it off yet I am still followed. And harassed.
How can I find out who is doing it ( they keep switching ids ) or if the person who keeps messaging me or leaving offlines with me is the same person? and how do I stop them? Yes, I've reported them basically I'm told that since they aren't stealing anything but my privacy there is basically nothing the police can do. They haven't threatened me with harm, they haven't stolen money. They are just constantly following me and harassing me. I've considered hiring a computer forensic analysis to get rid of them. If I go to a yahoo game room they join my games with very vulger ids, always letting me know its them, if I play my kids they make ids repeating everything we say and every website we visit. Its too expensive to get rid of all my computers so please any suggestions? I"m not a computer genius but I've tried so very hard , I've done the research to secure my computer I am just not sure where to go from here. I am not afraid of trying or testing anything to find out how they are doing it. I know about netstat I've used it, but I can never seem to find out how they are finding me, NO, its not someone who lives with me or is around me, no one but me and the " stalker aka hacker w/e u decided to call them ) is doing it. My system scans clean for viruses or trojans even adaware and spam.
No one but me, my husband and chiildren have physical access to our computers. I do not get help remotely, I have turned off all remote access and sharing folders. Like I said before I asked for help I have tried everything.
Please help. If I could give out more than 500 points for this I would
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