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    IBM scans ports after System Update?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by shepseskaf, May 18, 2008.

  1. shepseskaf

    shepseskaf Notebook Consultant

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    Has this happened to anyone else? About 10 minutes after downloading and installing the latest updates through the ThinkVantage System Update utility, my computer ports have been continuously scanned by an IBM facility located in Durham, NC. About 13 consecutive scans were detected by my firewall -- 1 every two minutes, or so. The IP addresses are all from the noted location.

    I'm wondering if the downloading of the ThinkVantage updates is causing this. Can anyone offer some insight?
     
    shepseskaf, May 18, 2008
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  2. TPA

    TPA Notebook Evangelist

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    Checking for devices that might need drivers/updates??
     
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    shepseskaf Notebook Consultant

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    Actually, it happens after the entire update process has been completed and the computer has been rebooted. There isn't any reason that IBM would be scanning for drivers/updates at that point -- if indeed to two occurrences are linked at all.

    I was just curious to see if anyone else had noticed any correlation between getting updates and being scanned.
     
    shepseskaf, May 18, 2008
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    Volker Notebook Consultant

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    FTP data connection, I'd guess. But since you don't provide any details one can only guess.
     
    Volker, May 18, 2008
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