repeated attacks on computer

See if you find anything here... especially check the first link.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=MS_RPC_DCOM_Heap_BO&btnG=Google+Search

Glenn

Jo,

Make sure you get the Windows Updates installed. It should help.

Grif

1. Please note that just above the text editor (where you enter a question on the forum) is the following paragraph, and if certain information is not present in your question, our reply may not be very helpful:

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2. If XP, download the patch described in the Microsoft article, "MS03-039: A Buffer Overrun in RPCSS Could Allow an Attacker to Run Malicious Programs (Q824146)" (a 1,508Kb file) for the applicable version of WinXP used and keep it on hand and install before ever accessing the Internet. Should you format and reinstall XP at a later date, then install the patch.

Here's the deal. When the firewall writers wrote their code, the marketing gorillas sat on their shoulders and insisted that with every incoming attempt from the internet that the company's firewall TOOT THEIR HORN they stopped the attack.

Its incredible that many fall for this marketing ploy and next want to find a way to stop the attacks.

Don't fall for this nonsense. It's not nonsense to run a firewall, but it is nonsense that you will be able to stop others from sending you bad internet packets or trying to attack your machine.

What you do is simple. Install all the critical OS updates to harden the OS and lock out the exploits. Run the firewall, but at least go in and tell it to shut up.

Bob