Mattness Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Hi People!I wonderered if anyone could confirm my suspicions? I used uTorrent for the first time the other day and whilst downloading etc, my McAfee firewall detected a 'New Tear' attack, and then a 'fragment overlap' which the firewall explained as an IP address attempting a 'denial of service' against my computer.Is this an unfortunate first time use of uTorrent or is it improper configuration etc. Im pretty sure I set it up right.By the way...the file was downloading fine until the intrusion. Then the computer slowed right down but now doesnt seem to be infected by anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 This is McAfee being overly paranoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattness Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Thanks for reply. I was almost convinced it was a virus etc, that was just waiting to strike. Ive become so eParanoid since it happened. A 'New Tear' attack, sounds very ominous. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon4 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 The real virus is called McAfee. Get rid of that POS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round2it Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 I want to share some of my files, each time I log off and log back on the the net my IP changes.Will my torrent be lost because of this or will I have to be logged on all the time so others can download my files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µtorrent-Guest Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 no,they will not be lost. µT will inform the others if your IP changes. That's not a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round2it Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 μtorrent-Guest Thanks for the quick response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µtorrent-Guest Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Round2it your welcome, but next time do not hijack threads of others with different questions, start your own please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Alderaan Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 I tried MacAffee once. It used the IE engine for its control panel, which I off course have locked down. It was removed from my comp 30 seconds after finding out.A fire department using wooden firetrucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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