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Old 09-26-2007, 06:54 AM
idrinkmilk idrinkmilk is offline
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Default Remote request for BRIDGECONTROL? Hacking?

I use a PPTP tunnel when playing poker. My newly installed Sygate Personal firewall notified me that:

IP 222.73.219.97 is contacting WinMgmt.exe on your computer through port 1073 using protocol/asking for (<- I'm not sure which) BRIDGECONTROL.

The IP is not the IP of the PPTP server I'm using.

Does this look dangerous?

EDIT: This was while playing at BetSafe and doing nothing else.
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:00 AM
idrinkmilk idrinkmilk is offline
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Default Re: Remote request for BRIDGECONTROL? Hacking?

A who is on www.whatsmyip.org shows:

OrgName: Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
netname: CHINANET-SH
descr: CHINANET shanghai province network
descr: China Telecom
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:02 AM
idrinkmilk idrinkmilk is offline
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Default Re: Remote request for BRIDGECONTROL? Hacking?

What should I do?
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:25 AM
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Default Re: Remote request for BRIDGECONTROL? Hacking?

If your firewall caught it, you're OK.

I have a server that's connected to the net 24 hours a day. I get a hacking attempt about once a day on average.

And there's really nothing you can do other than try to make sure they don't get through.
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:29 AM
idrinkmilk idrinkmilk is offline
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Default Re: Remote request for BRIDGECONTROL? Hacking?

I use two computers. I just saw that on the other computer I have allowed WinMgmt.exe to recieve calls from the internet. How bad is this? Should I change IP and reinstall everything? I have all my money online...
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:51 AM
idrinkmilk idrinkmilk is offline
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Default Re: Remote request for BRIDGECONTROL? Hacking?

Ad-aware and Spybot S&D didn't find anything.
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