Boring technical dumbness story.

[Spider]

So I come home today after work and on my screen is...

http://home.graffiti.net/praetorians:graffiti.net/images/worm.gif

...Ak! Eeek! What the! I was exploited.

After some checking I look at the router and my IP is in the DMZ. :(
I do remote services for some clients and I always get them to connect to me (much easier).
So I always throw my IP in DMZ to do the remote servicing. I forgot to un-DMZ myself last
time.

I must have been routerless for 3 or 4 days. How extremely dumb of me. I need more scripts :)

edit: BTW, don't anyone call that number unless you want your phone number swallowed into a database ;)

[bAdWaYz]

haha being DMZ on a windows box is asking for it for sure. Don't those pop up if you have windows messenger service running? Not msn messenger mind you but windows messenger service in services?

[Spider]

but windows messenger service in services?
Yup. I need the messenger service on the network though.

[zipulrich]

Seems a certain bAdWaYz has been having a little fun sending NetSend's over the LAN lately, as well. :)

[Spider]

It just goes to show you how valuable a router is, and letting a dummy like me into the config can defeat the beauty of a router :O