http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88853#M47388 <p><a target="_blank" href="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5003/blocking.jpg">It looks like NIS has been blocking my modem ever since I first installed it (NIS)</a>. I didn't know it was doing this until I enabled it to notify of intrustion attempts and such.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My DSL modem goes straight to the ethernet port at the back of my computer. There aren't any other problems with my system that I'm aware of.</p><div class="message-edit-history"><span class="edit-author">Message Edited by CLLL on </span><span class="local-date">04-18-2009</span><span class="local-time"> 11:29 AM</span></div> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:29:30 GMT CLLL 2009-04-18T18:29:30Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88834#M47371 <p><a target="_blank" href="http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6355/ajqlps.jpg">This doesn't make any sense.</a></p><p> </p><p>192.168.1.254 is the address of my DSL modem.</p> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:54:12 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88834#M47371 CLLL 2009-04-18T16:54:12Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88837#M47374 I think it is just knocking on your door to see if you are still using the connection.  What ruule is blocking, SMB2000 or UPnP Discovery? Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:56:34 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88837#M47374 delphinium 2009-04-18T16:56:34Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88841#M47378 How can I find out what rule(s) it's blocking? Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:20:56 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88841#M47378 CLLL 2009-04-18T17:20:56Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88844#M47380 <p>Look in your Firewall Activites, Firewall - Network and Connections and Intrusion Prevention logs.  I don't think this is a rule but a IPS flagged event but the logs will show.</p><p> </p><p>Also, are you wired to your DSL modem directly or through anything else (some people put a wireless router inbetween the computer and the DSL modem)?  Have you had any other problems with your system?</p> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:31:11 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88844#M47380 dbrisendine 2009-04-18T17:31:11Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88853#M47388 <p><a target="_blank" href="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5003/blocking.jpg">It looks like NIS has been blocking my modem ever since I first installed it (NIS)</a>. I didn't know it was doing this until I enabled it to notify of intrustion attempts and such.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My DSL modem goes straight to the ethernet port at the back of my computer. There aren't any other problems with my system that I'm aware of.</p><div class="message-edit-history"><span class="edit-author">Message Edited by CLLL on </span><span class="local-date">04-18-2009</span><span class="local-time"> 11:29 AM</span></div> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:29:30 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88853#M47388 CLLL 2009-04-18T18:29:30Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88859#M47393 <p>One solution is to reset your firewall rules to the default set:</p><p> </p><p>Goto (this in NIS2009) Setting&gt; Internet Settings&gt; Smart Firewall&gt; Advanced Settings&gt; Firewall Reset&gt; Reset&gt; Yes.</p> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:36:50 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88859#M47393 dbrisendine 2009-04-18T18:36:50Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88862#M47394 Isn't there a way to fix it without resetting the firewall? That's overkill if you ask me. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:46:21 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88862#M47394 CLLL 2009-04-18T18:46:21Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88882#M47404 <p>Do you have a bunch of custom rules?</p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="message-edit-history"><span class="edit-author">Message Edited by dbrisendine on </span><span class="local-date">04-18-2009</span><span class="local-time"> 06:22 PM</span></div> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:22:24 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88882#M47404 dbrisendine 2009-04-18T22:22:24Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88883#M47405 <p>Another question (sorry didn't ask earlier) is what did you have before NIS was installed? </p><p> </p><p>You also said earlier it seems like NIS was blocking &quot;ever since I installed it&quot;; is 'it' the software (NIS) or your modem?</p> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:28:35 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88883#M47405 dbrisendine 2009-04-18T22:28:35Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88907#M47418 My 2-Wire gateway was doing the same thing.  It was getting blocked every 20 seconds for a few days.  I phoned my ISP who provided the gateway and complained bitterly.  It stopped.  Norton is treating a rather insistent contact from the DSL as an intrusion and rightly so.  Norton isn't doing anything wrong. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:19:27 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88907#M47418 delphinium 2009-04-18T23:19:27Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88972#M47456 Are there any other entries anywhere in your Norton History logs where clicking on &quot;More Details&quot; might provide additional information?<div class="message-edit-history"><span class="edit-author">Message Edited by SendOfJive on </span><span class="local-date">04-19-2009</span><span class="local-time"> 12:23 AM</span></div> Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:23:37 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/88972#M47456 SendOfJive 2009-04-19T07:23:37Z http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/89301#M47638 <p>CLLL,</p><p> </p><p>Are you using Vista? I believe that this false positive detection from your DNS server has been addressed for XP system but has not been resolved yet for Vista. Please see the <a href="http://community.norton.com/norton/board/message?board.id=nis_feedback&amp;thread.id=41458" target="_blank">intrusion attempt -- port scan</a> thread for more information. </p><div class="message-edit-history"><span class="edit-author">Message Edited by reese_anschultz on </span><span class="local-date"> 04-20-2009</span><span class="local-time"> 11:24 AM</span></div> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:24:12 GMT http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/My-modem-is-attacking-my-computer/m-p/89301#M47638 reese_anschultz 2009-04-20T18:24:12Z