Port 137

[brummie]

Anyoneknow why so many comps are attacking mine on Port 137?
It cutting out my game for a few seconds while they try to flood my comp with packets of whatever! It has occured about 30-40 times in the last 3 hours ive been online and its getting worse everyday

 

[BobTheBuilder]

Not had a similar recent increase of late but you could look at http://www.sans.org/newlook/resources/IDFAQ/port_137.htm for more details.

 

[brummie]

thx

 

[Zedric]

Port 137 is one of the NetBIOS ports (Window File Sharing). You definately want to block these going out of you network! Ports 137-139 on both TCP and UDP.