I have a D-Link D-I 514 wireless router serving my ibook, imac, and 8100. Lately when I go into the 514's setup menu, I see an unfamiliar computer listed in the DHCP section.
Cool! You have been War Driven. (no idea what the current proper term for that is)
Don't panic.
Now, be a big dog with teeth. Think "opportunity for fun".
If I go to connect to one of my computers from the ibook (through the hardwire connection) I see some strange servers available which must be the drives on the interloper's computer.
Peruse 'em!!!! Fill his hard drives with junque!!!! hum. Now, what type of junque would be best? LOL
What can I do to get rid of this remora,
Turn on some password/encryption security.
and what might they be capable of doing?
Steal your bandwidth.
Send billions and billions of spams, using your public IP address, so you get nailed for it.
Peruse your systems if they're open (not really a problem unless you've overridden Apple's defaults and not put passwords on).
- Dan.
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