From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: June 4, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: how can I identify this IP
>
> Leo,
> My firewall application constantly tells me (about 10-15
> times per DAY!) that site 169.254.237.140 is trying to access
> my computer (it even interrupted me TWICE while I was typing
> this, with the identical message) How can I identify this
> site, so that I can do something about stopping these
> unwanted intrusion attempts. Thank you. Malcolm Kennedy
169. addresses are usually assigned to your own machine by
windows when it's not able to get an IP address any other way.
Why that would be popping up as trying to access your computer
is hard to say. I it might be another computer on your local
network, if you have one.
In a command shell do an "ipconfig" and you'll see what IP
addresses have been assigned to your machine. Try that on other
machines on your LAN, and I'll bet there's one with that address.
Thanks for asking!
Leo
Article 343
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Viruses and Malware
