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If you have Norton Firewall 2003, it comes with a feature
which allows you to trace the address geographically, on
a map, as noted in this review on PCWorld:
"A related new function, Visual Tracking, identifies the
geographic location of suspected intruders, based on their
IP addresses."
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104931,00.asp
Another review on the UK site, ITReviews, notes how this
can be helpful in reporting an attacker to their ISP:
"Linked to the firewall is Norton's Intrusion Detection,
which can be set to inform you of attacks on your PC.
Although they should be blocked by the firewall, you may
want to take action against an attacker, by reporting
their IP address to their ISP. This is helped by a
function called Visual Tracking, which can zero in on
the geographical location of a given address and show
you it on a map of the world."
http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s188.htm
As for using this feature, an article on BroadbandReports
indicates that when you activate the feature (I couldn't
find documentation on line as to how to do so, but it must
be available to you in the program's help file), it opens
a browser window and connects to a Norton website which
performs a 'traceroute' function on the IP address of the
attacker. The forum members seem to agree that the Norton
site is often slow and unresponsive, producing a blank
page more often than a map. The website uses a java program,
so you have to have java enabled in your browser, but even
so, many people get the blank page rather than a map.
One forum member suggests using NeoTrace, which performs
the same function. I have this program, and can perform
a visual tracking on the address if you'd like, but be
aware that some addresses do not resolve to a geographic
location. More on the page:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,6164420~root=sware~mode=flat
You can also utilize a site like SamSpade.org to do a
traceroute for you. Just plug the IP address into the
box next to the button that says 'Traceroute', and click:
http://www.samspade.org/
Even if you do nothing, your firewall will still block
the attacks, so there's nothing to worry about. The
mosquito will eventually give up banging into the
screen door and go away. If you choose to follow up
by reporting the attacker to his Internet Service
Provider, there are alternatives to the feature
offered by Norton.
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Searches done, via Google:
"visual tracking
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"visual tracking" trojan
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"visual tracking" "Norton firewall"
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"Norton Firewall 2003" documentation
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"Norton Firewall 2003 documentation"
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"Norton Firewall 2003" "visual tracking"
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