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Hi Guys,

I have a friend of mine who lives in the states, and for a good while he keeps getting "Hijacked" The last PC He had was an Alienware Machine.

I had posted on various forums to get opinions on how to go about getting this fixed for him and he's even responded in the PCA, and OC3d Forums...

https://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/1/tech-helproom/4218291/need-to-help-a-friend-netbios-over-tcp-ip-attacks/?ob=datea&pn=7
https://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19498564?pi21932=2
https://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=52575

I can't honestly figure out how these "attacks" can happen.

Upon Speaking with my College who I work with in IT who has a Degree in Network Management And Security he's heard of this "attack" and witnessed it happen in the past. From what he says it's a Bios Hack, Where the Bios Chip gets infected with a Virus or somewhere along those lines. He will confirm that when I next speak and Length.

What your experiences on this?

Cheers
Rob

It's against the rules of this website to help with a problem that's been posted on a different forum is probably why no ones helped you yet

I don't think it's against the rules, every forum is different some have a "higher level" than others and others don't, it's important to get different points of view on topics on other places. I did contact Brian on this a while ago, so I'm not sure if he's around to offer his input on this topic.

Hi Rob, He might be able to replace the BIOS Chip with a new one if he can't wipe it. 

(01-28-2015, 12:11 AM)RobCharles1981 Wrote: [ -> ]I don't think it's against the rules, every forum is different some have a "higher level" than others and others don't, it's important to get different points of view on topics on other places.  I did contact Brian on this a while ago, so I'm not sure if he's around to offer his input on this topic.

Sorry rob

Rob has been around for ages, I don't mind when people that have been following me for a long time like Rob, its the people that just post spam and never come back.

Hi Rob

Have your friend run this DCOMbobulator

And also check the ports via ShieldsUp!

Although why he hasn't got a router and a decent firewall set up after being a Cisco engineer for many years is a little confusing, I know we all forget things but that's a biggie.

Has he flashed the BIOS at all since he's had the computer?
Does it happen only with the Alienware machine?