How Safe is Your PC ?- Check it using Shields Up
I use Sygate personal Firewall. Its really the best one i have ever used. But still getting your pc checked by an external device or tool is very much necessary. Use Shields Up to check whether your ports are open or closed. Many hackers run automated port scanning tool which scans your pc for open ports and if found any , then you are gone.
On the first page it identifies your connection.Once you're at that page, click Proceed to get started. On the next screen, you'll have the open to choose which type of scan you want like to perform: File Sharing ports, Common ports, All ports, Messenger spam, and browser headers.
Go ahead and click on File Sharing to run the test and you should get something similiar to this:
After the test runs, you should get a report with a big FAILED or PASSED.
Many a times some of your ports are open like FTP,Telnet , HTTP , if you running some webservers etc .. So it might show failed.
They have a very nice Messenger Spam Test. Do you get any random authentic Windows popup messages telling you signup for something, etc? Well that's because the spammers are using the Windows Messenger service on your computer to send you messages directly from Windows itself!
Use this Messenger Spam test to see if your UDP port 135 is open through which this message comes.
If some problem occurs while running these port checks , check your Personal Firewall on your PC.
Happy Securing !
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