- Jul 29, 2016
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Who is accessing my modem and how do I stop them?
I received an email stating I have downloaded a movie using BitTorrent (do not have). This is the second time they have sent me a similar message and are now warning they could denying me internet for 6 months. Below is a copy of part of the email (ip address redacted).
I ran Mbam, SpyBot S&D, and my paid antivirus Avast Internet Security, to make sure I was clean, I was/am.
I set each of my devices to a static ip address and reserved them, according to their mac address, in the LAN setup menu of my modem so I can tell at a glance what is accessing it.
I turn off UPnP. I do not have an Xbox.
I tried to apply some kind of MAC filtering but my modem (Netgear r6300v2) does not offer a means to do that. (not that I can find anyway)
I tried to renew my IP address but it kept applying the same one, called Cox and explained the situation and asked for a new IP to be assigned and they said it is renewed automatically every 24 hours. Well I still have the same one that was in the email so something is off there.
One thing that did come of the conversation was that some sites offering free streaming “could” do this as well. She mentioned a couple names but when I looked for them they all look legit.
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Reason I am here...
Is there a way to block something like BitTorrent from using my router, I do not have another computer to put “in the dmz” between the world and the router.
Is there a way to apply some type of MAC filtering?
Is there a list of sites that offer free streaming of movies and television shows I can add to the “blocked sites” list in my router? I have monthly memberships to both Amazon Prime and Netflix, I have no use for any others.
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Part of the received email. I have a copy of the modem's log but it is long and unless you need it cannot see wasting the space on the page.
Thank you for looking.
I received an email stating I have downloaded a movie using BitTorrent (do not have). This is the second time they have sent me a similar message and are now warning they could denying me internet for 6 months. Below is a copy of part of the email (ip address redacted).
I ran Mbam, SpyBot S&D, and my paid antivirus Avast Internet Security, to make sure I was clean, I was/am.
I set each of my devices to a static ip address and reserved them, according to their mac address, in the LAN setup menu of my modem so I can tell at a glance what is accessing it.
I turn off UPnP. I do not have an Xbox.
I tried to apply some kind of MAC filtering but my modem (Netgear r6300v2) does not offer a means to do that. (not that I can find anyway)
I tried to renew my IP address but it kept applying the same one, called Cox and explained the situation and asked for a new IP to be assigned and they said it is renewed automatically every 24 hours. Well I still have the same one that was in the email so something is off there.
One thing that did come of the conversation was that some sites offering free streaming “could” do this as well. She mentioned a couple names but when I looked for them they all look legit.
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Reason I am here...
Is there a way to block something like BitTorrent from using my router, I do not have another computer to put “in the dmz” between the world and the router.
Is there a way to apply some type of MAC filtering?
Is there a list of sites that offer free streaming of movies and television shows I can add to the “blocked sites” list in my router? I have monthly memberships to both Amazon Prime and Netflix, I have no use for any others.
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Part of the received email. I have a copy of the modem's log but it is long and unless you need it cannot see wasting the space on the page.
XML:
---Start ACNS XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Infringement xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.acns.net/ACNS http://www.acns.net/v1.2/ACNS2v1_2.xsd" xmlns="http://www.acns.net/ACNS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Case>
<ID>222137573922</ID>
<Status>OPEN</Status>
<Severity>Normal</Severity>
<Ref_URL></Ref_URL>
</Case>
<Complainant>
<Entity>AMC Film Holdings LLC</Entity>
<Contact>AMC Film Holdings LLC</Contact>
<Address></Address>
<Phone></Phone>
<Email>Amc.antipiracy@ap.markmonitor.com </Email>
</Complainant>
<Service_Provider>
<Entity>Cox Communications</Entity>
<Contact>DMCA Agent</Contact>
<Address>Cox Communications Inc. 1400 Lake Hearn Drive Atlanta GA 30313 US </Address>
<Phone></Phone>
<Email>abuse@cox.net</Email>
</Service_Provider>
<Source>
<TimeStamp>2017-01-18T15:09:03.14Z</TimeStamp>
<IP_Address>**.**.**.***</IP_Address>
<Port>37778</Port>
<DNS_Name>ip**.**.**.***.hr.hr.cox.net</DNS_Name>
<Type>P2P</Type>
<SubType BaseType="P2P" Protocol="BITTORRENT" />
<Number_Files>1</Number_Files>
<IsSource>false</IsSource>
</Source>
<Content>
<Item>
<TimeStamp>2017-01-18T15:09:03.14Z</TimeStamp>
<AlsoSeen Start="2017-01-18T15:08:41.24Z" End="2017-01-18T15:09:03.14Z"></AlsoSeen>
<Title>WALKING DEAD, THE</Title>
<Artist></Artist>
<FileName>The Walking Dead S07E05 INTERNAL 720p HDTV x264.mp4</FileName>
<FileSize>346847212</FileSize>
<Type>Video</Type>
<Hash Type="SHA1">33976E655BC3C2B8274EEC095A9F61D04E1DF45D</Hash>
</Item>
</Content>
<History></History>
<Notes></Notes><Type Retraction="false">DMCA</Type>
<Detection>
<Asset>
<OriginalAssetName>WALKING DEAD, THE</OriginalAssetName>
</Asset>
<ContentMatched Audio="true" Video="true" Text="false" Human="false"/>
<HashMatched>true</HashMatched>
<MetadataMatched>false</MetadataMatched>
<VerificationID>Manual and hash verification</VerificationID>
</Detection>
<Verification>
<VerificationLevel Type="DT">3</VerificationLevel>
</Verification>
<TextNotice><
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