Hey, I'm asking for a quick fix on my strange internet connection problem.
Hey, I'm asking for a quick fix on my strange internet connection problem.
Back in May, I started talking about this strange tech problem on a forum (link: https://forums. The group there didn't find out what was wrong or how to fix it after my post ended. After that, I went to the login page on my AT&T U-verse home router and saw something scary: lots of logs said about "dos attacks" coming at my network from specific IP addresses. I didn't put screenshots in my original post because those IPs are private info and also because they showed my own IP right next to theirs (that means someone is attacking both of us). Now that I realized a hacker probably found out my real IP address, clicked a link on social media while I was thinking about something else, and used a tool called an "IP grabber" to scan things and get into my devices, they started sending me lots of DDoS attacks. Even though one guy in the forum who said it's not a virus is right, I'm sure someone did find out who I am using this IP address grabber. After figuring that out, I thought packet loss from those big waves of attacks might make my computer look like it's missing stuff on the internet (like posts on Facebook or other social sites). Now that I know how they got into my house, I'm trying to stop them from hitting my home network using their bad IPs so my devices won't crash. The problem is: I don't know how to block those specific IP addresses myself and I'm scared if I try it wrong, I'll accidentally take down the right people too. Are there any easy programs that can do this blocking for me automatically?
Hey, by the way, I needed to add one thing: What's going on with me isn't just real; it's a mix-up where I'm not getting hacked when I should be safe. No idea why all these people trying to hack me are hitting the wrong person instead of me.
The makers of these routers should stop pretending they only see normal messages. It's probably not a real attack, but you will still get scans from hackers no matter who you are. They check every possible IP address even if you haven't ever posted one anywhere. The message says port scan detected and blocked. But usually, that doesn't work well enough to stop anything unless your internet connection is super slow. A quick scan uses very little bandwidth. Real attacks with lots of machines sending traffic at once are extremely rare. You can't start an attack from just one IP address on a computer. Most people would accidentally cause the problem themselves by using too much upload speed before they could use all their download speed to beat back attackers. That is why it's called a "distributed" DOS attack. You need hundreds of different machines working together, which usually means paying money for a service to rent their computers for you. These machines are quickly found and updated, so renting even just for one hour costs a lot of money. If someone really hates you enough to spend that much money on an attack, then it's a serious problem beyond normal hacking. No one would bother hacking at random home IPs because no one wants those broken computers in their hands. The scans you see are trying to take over machines so hackers can use them to steal crypto or get banking info stolen. Those people make money by hacking not by wasting time annoying others. Your real issue is that these attacks work very well. A new version of Overwatch was hacked a couple times and stopped the game for hours at a time. When big game companies can't stop it, you as a single home user can do nothing about it. Big companies can try to block traffic from those bad IPs with their ISPs. But even for ISPs it is very hard. Even if there are real attacks your ISP won't care unless they also shut down their own network. This means they have to change many core routers and firewalls, which could ruin their whole network if they make a mistake. They don't want to take the risk of stopping just one home user's access. If you cancel your service because of this, you lose less money than having a big company shut down parts of their system. I think you are seeing messages on the router and getting scared into thinking they are real threats rather than ignoring them since all traffic is being blocked and you can't do anything about it anyway.
Bill001g, here is a weird tech problem I'm having. Another point I want to share: my Reddit account was not suspended on November 23rd, 2021 (the day this thread started). The reason I say that is because usually, when someone gets logged out of their Reddit account automatically like me did on that day, it means their account got banned. When I tried logging back into my Reddit account right after being taken off while browsing using the Reddit Fun app for Android, I opened up a Firefox browser on my phone and went to the desktop version of Reddit there. I logged in with the desktop site and didn't see anything at the top saying that I was suspended. Besides that, I also tried logging into my email account linked to the email address I used to create my Reddit account to check if an email came into my inbox saying my account was banned; none did appear. So, since everything checks out, this tech problem is really strange. On the very first day I started having this issue in this thread, I made a mistake and thought maybe it was just a bug from Reddit itself. By the way, another thing to note: when I search something on Twitter's mobile website by using the search bar and look at all the tweets that come up until the page suddenly stops loading more tweets while knowing there are still many more to load, then I go into the settings menu and exit back out of it so that more tweets suddenly start loading (This has been happening since November 23rd, 2021.). This is just a strange tech problem.
None of that was a DOS attack. In fact, it is just called denial of service. The attacker doesn't break down websites or logins; they only block your internet connection so you can't use anything online. It feels like someone came to your house and cut the wire. This type of attack does not change how web sites run or whether accounts work on those sites.
Does this still happen or are we just getting a bunch of extra sentences? You're not actually being hacked, and you're definitely not under attack from a DDoS team. Your router works fine, everyone's logs show exactly what it looks like to see. Your IP address is super simple to guess anyway.
I'm back here because my computer is still acting up. About a week ago, I posted this on Reddit asking for help. You can check out that thread at https://old.reddit.com/r/techsupport/com...at_i_have/. Back then, I shared pictures and videos of my problem so far. Now with better video proof, maybe you guys can fix it for sure! Please read the post I made on Reddit and let me know what to do. Thanks a bunch.
Whatever was posted in reddit seems to have been removed. And has been previously posted, it is very unlikely that you are being personally targeted. If there are search issues with Twitter then contact Twitter for assistance. Likewise, if you feel that the issue is a Reddit "bug" then contact Reddit. Also, you mentioned that you consider IP addresses as personal information. That does not apply to the "private" IP address ranges reserved for small home and business networks. (My router/gateway uses 192.168.1.1 as do many other thousands of routers.) FYI: https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-priva...ss-2625970 What you do not want to reveal is the IP address assigned by your ISP to your Router/Gateway. Which can be discovered by you via Google by searching "What is my IP"? Do not give away that IP address. Do the following: Contact Twitter and Reddit for assistance. Check your network for the make and model of your modem and router. Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt. If you have images of the issues then post the images via imgur ( www.imgur.com ) as it appears that you have done before. Then begin a new thread with an updated statement of the issue(s) and include all of the above information. (Note: You should be able to copy and paste the results of "ipconfig /all" without needing to retype it all.) There may be other questions and information requested thereafter. Closing this necro thread accordingly.