Adam Leach wrote:
Is there anything I can easily do to stop it.
First, don't panic. Are you really sure that *every* port is being scanned? It may be nothing. Are you playing multiplayer games on your network? Are you using any sort of P2P app? Are you browsing the web? All of these can generate spurious packets that may or may not be legitimate, but may still be non-malicious. If it really is a dedicated attack -- and it may be -- then what everyone else is saying is true. Close up as many ports as you can. Drop the packets. Create burst-limit firewall rules. Don't respond to pings. Harden the services you do want to keep open. Welcome to being on the internet. ;-) Most people *are* being scanned or probed in some fashion or the other -- all the time -- and just don't know it. Once you start realizing how common this crap is, it'll scare you at first. Then you make sure you're secure, and you get over it. You just have to strike a balance with security, privacy, time, effort, and money. -- Regards, dk