2003002

	POP3 port probe
advICE :Intrusions : 2003002

FAQ

Oh my gosh, I'm being HACKED!!!

How do I report the hacker to my ISP?

I'm seeing lots of attacks, is this normal?

Summary
Scan
Details
A hacker may be scanning your system to see if the POP3 service is available on your system. Sometimes this is done in preparation for a future attack, or sometimes it is done to see if your system might be susceptible to attack.
A false-positive may occur if an application is temporarily unavailable.

more information

TCP port probe: This section describes more about the symptom of somebody probing ports on your system.
Other POP3 exploits: A list of exploits tha the attacker would have attempted to use in order to break into the system if they had found POP3.

parametric information

port This indicates the TCP port that was probed.

reason The reason for the port probe.

Firewalled: the incoming TCP SYN or UDP frame was stopped by the firewall.

RSTsent: the incoming TCP SYN frame was rejected by the computer.

ICMPsent: the incoming UDP frame was rejected by the computer.

NOanswer: there was no response to the incoming SYN frame.

 
Version appeared: 2.5

POP3 port probe