Can you trace a person from their IP address?

timestar

I run ESETT Smart Security which, as part of the package, has a good firewall. In the last 2 days it has logged something like 70 attempted attacks on my PC and always with the same IP address. Anyway I can find out who this is? Thanks.

Pheobe21

Go to the site dns stuff (sorry i connot post links as I am a newbie) dnsstuff .com - and type in the ip address in whois lookup field - it will give you the isp of the person and the country they are from --- you will be also provided with the contant details so you can report abuse xxxx

elvch01

Short answer yes, there are many tools that can tell you to whom an IP address is registered. This will usually be an ISP an email to abuse@... will usually elicit a response, however I would suspect that whatever IP address is being used will be without the knowledge of the end-user i.e. a compter has been hijacked & is being used to attack you

What is the IP address that is causing you issues? I can look it up & provide the info you require

mr_fishbulb

Does it say what the attacks are?

timestar

Thanks for replies so far. The IP address is: 192.168.0.1:53 and the warning from ESET is "Detected DNS cache poisoning attack".

Strider590

timestar wrote: »

Thanks for replies so far. The IP address is: 192.168.0.1:53 and the warning from ESET is "Detected DNS cache poisoning attack".

192.168.0.1 is an internal Local Network address (ie your home network) and 1 is normally your router unless you changed the routers IP.

Port 53 is used for DNS lookup.

So to answer your question, yes..... It's YOU!

False alarm.... Set your firewall to allow traffic from the IP range 192.168.0.1 to say 192.168.0.50

samhale

Strider590 wrote: »

192.168.0.1 is an internal Local Network address (ie your home network) and 1 is normally your router unless you changed the routers IP.

Port 53 is used for DNS lookup.

So to answer your question, yes..... It's YOU!

False alarm.... Set your firewall to allow traffic from the IP range 192.168.0.1 to say 192.168.0.50

LOL!!!

Good man