I believe someone is remotely accessing my Computer! Help!

Norton Security | Norton Internet Security
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So Norton 360 Security History says 

"Category: Firewall - Network and Connections
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Category
2012-07-31 10:24:27,Info,"Protecting your connection to a newly detected network on adapter \"Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport\" (IP address: 192.168.1.93).",Detected,No Action Required,Firewall - Network and Connections
Protecting your connection to a newly detected network on adapter "Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport" (IP address: 192.168.1.93)."

Last night my internet light on my DSL went red and off. Then it did randomly come back on. So I looked up this IP Address and it turns it its all the way in Australia. I live in Kentucky. I put up some pictures of my Security History. And help will be greatly appreciated. Should I be worried?

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/rorbo2/Problem4.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/rorbo2/Problem3.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/rorbo2/Problem2.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/rorbo2/Problem5.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/rorbo2/Ipproblems.jpg

 

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Hi,

 

192.XXX.X.XX is not an Internet IP adress. It's your router. :smileyhappy: Usually, 192.168.1.1 is your router, and your computer(s) behind the router gets the 192.168.1.X IP.

 

What you describe isn't someone accessing your computer, it's your router giving your computer a new IP after your Internet went down and then came back. Norton noticed this and logged it.

 

My computer has the IP 192.168.1.X IP as well. It's the standard IP a router gives computers attached to it, no matter where in the world you are.

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Alright just seemed odd to me because recently I have been getting a lot of Unauthorized Access Blocked. But Thanks for you help! The Internet can be a stressful place. 

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Nothing in your pictures or what you describe indicate anything malicious. :)

 

And "Unauthorized Access Blocked" is in 99% of cases harmless. All it means is that another program or service on your computer in some way came into contact with Norton's files, folders or processes. Norton's self-protection then blocks this, and an "Unauthorized Access Blocked" entry is written in the book. This process does not differentiate between harmful or harmless things, it just blocks it, and almost always it is a legitimate program that is behind it. Every system has Microsoft services blocked this way every day, for example. It's not an indication of malicious activity. If you want you can post an example of  log you get from these "Unauthorized Access Blocked", just to make sure.

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Here is a Photo of the Unauthorized Access Blocked in the Security History- Advanced Details. Thanks a ton for your knowledge, I am not a computer wiz and I am not very trusting of security issues and the internet. 

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/rorbo2/?action=view&current=SecurityProblem.jpg

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Ah, that is nothing to worry about. That is the Microsoft application explorer.exe which is a central part of every Windows. It is your graphical user interface when you interact with Windows. Explorer.exe give you access to your Windows desktop and your taskbar, and allows you to use files and folders on-screen. When that entry was logged, it came into contact with Norton's process, and was blocked by Norton's self protection. Norton's self protection doesn't differentiate between "good" or "bad" access attempts, it just prevents any outside applications from reading any Norton files, including a Microsoft process in this case.

 

Your log entry is more of an internal log - it doesn't really have any importance to the user. It's harmless activity.

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Well that's a relief, thank you for all of your help! I wish i knew more about this stuff, especially the way technology is going. Im just real cautious because when you know the FBI and CIA databases are attempted to be hacked something around 5000 times a day around the world. And are hacked into occasionaly, when they have top security, makes you think about how easy you can be hacked. Of course I don't know what someone would gain from hacking me, haha. But again, Thanks :smileyhappy: