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Angry@VMedia · 10-07-2008, 10:02

Hi!
I was browsing around on deviantart earlier, ok, not such a shock, but checking my firewall log in router and this is what I got:

07/10/2008 09:39:53 **TCP FIN Scan** 192.168.2.4, 2932->> 213.244.185.47, 80 (from WAN Outbound)
07/10/2008 09:39:53 **TCP FIN Scan** 192.168.2.4, 2926->> 198.172.81.42, 80 (from WAN Outbound)
07/10/2008 09:39:53 **TCP FIN Scan** 192.168.2.4, 2999->> 93.188.130.23, 80 (from WAN Outbound)

After running VisualRoute on those IP addresses, it comes up as deviantart.com, now WHY does browsing a site like that set off a TCP FIN scan, and what the heck IS a fin scan?

I am starting to get worried, as I got logs like the above the other night when my partner was browsing YouTube & doing her Bebo account, should I be worried at all by this?

This is the first router that logs router firewall data, as my previous 2 routers in the past have not had this feature, and to me, seeing so called "harmless" websites bring up these errors, I am starting to get a little paranoid.

There is NO harmfull viruses/spyware/malware on my system as I this is a fresh install of XP with only internet security, MSN & firefox installed so far, so I can say for sure that I dont have anything nasty running on my PC (ok, I will ignore the fact that I have XP on my machine lol)

10-07-2008, 10:02	#1
Angry@VMedia Permanently Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 200	deviantart & router firewall log HELP!!! Hi! I was browsing around on deviantart earlier, ok, not such a shock, but checking my firewall log in router and this is what I got: 07/10/2008 09:39:53 TCP FIN Scan 192.168.2.4, 2932->> 213.244.185.47, 80 (from WAN Outbound) 07/10/2008 09:39:53 TCP FIN Scan 192.168.2.4, 2926->> 198.172.81.42, 80 (from WAN Outbound) 07/10/2008 09:39:53 TCP FIN Scan 192.168.2.4, 2999->> 93.188.130.23, 80 (from WAN Outbound) After running VisualRoute on those IP addresses, it comes up as deviantart.com, now WHY does browsing a site like that set off a TCP FIN scan, and what the heck IS a fin scan? I am starting to get worried, as I got logs like the above the other night when my partner was browsing YouTube & doing her Bebo account, should I be worried at all by this? This is the first router that logs router firewall data, as my previous 2 routers in the past have not had this feature, and to me, seeing so called "harmless" websites bring up these errors, I am starting to get a little paranoid. There is NO harmfull viruses/spyware/malware on my system as I this is a fresh install of XP with only internet security, MSN & firefox installed so far, so I can say for sure that I dont have anything nasty running on my PC (ok, I will ignore the fact that I have XP on my machine lol)