All i know is that its some sort of sonar type thing between two computers.....one emits the ping and the response from the other is timed...but why? I get this a lot and it has the effect of delaying and transmissions or refresh rates on my PC....can it be stopped?
2006-12-09 01:47:05 · 9 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Yes, if you are using Windows XP you can go into your Windows Firewall settings and take off the check mard for ICMP requests which will stop your computer from replying to a ping request, and if you are using a broadband connection and using a router you should be able to go into the configuration screen and Disable ICMP requests which will have the same result.
2006-12-09 01:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by bscottyd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ping is an essential tool for network diagnosis and is completely harmless in itself.
You can test, how fast your connection to yahoo is, if you open up a command prompt (Start-->Run... then enter "cmd" and press OK).
Then type
ping www.yahoo.com
Your Windows PC will then send 4 Pings to yahoo, and will measure the time, how long it took for the ping to get to yahoo and back to your PC.
Although, pings themself are harmless, they are often used to find out, if a PC is there, to start an attack with a different program.
However, if you block Pings with a firewall, it is possible that a hacker will see this as an invitiation to hack, since it seems that there is something important hidden behind a firewall.
Just keep your PC updated, and use the Firewall built into Windows XP (make sure, you have Service Pack 2 installed).
To check, if you're safe, visit http://update.microsoft.com
2006-12-09 10:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by Arminator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its when someone attempts to access an open Internet port on your machine. Mostly harmless but there are people out there that will try and "zombie" your machine. A good firewall will block it but there will always be people out there who ping.
Try zone alarm
xxB
2006-12-09 09:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dude, pinging is when your engine starts making this funny noise. What you need is to bring it into the shop for a tune up.
2006-12-09 10:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's to test the amount of lag between the two systems--it's absolutely harmless, a normal part of the internet, and doesn't affect anything you're doing--so you have nothing to worry about.
~Scottie
2006-12-09 09:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by Scott T 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
get zonealarm free from http://www.pcworld.com it will not let anything ping through unless you have them in the allow list.
2006-12-09 10:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A firewall can block it. I doubt it would slow your machine down.
2006-12-09 09:51:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe it is some sort of test for response timing.
2006-12-09 12:56:22 · answer #8 · answered by johnfrancis 01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-10 15:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by shop l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋