Computer Under Attack From RETN?

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  1. Kluster

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    McAfee blocks hundreds of calls from my computer to RETN, a Dutch networking company.
    I have no idea what these assholes are up to so I sent them an email telling them to stop F**king with my computer or I will report them to the Dutch police and Interpol.
    What are these shysters up to?
    Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about situations like this?
    ThX!
     
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  3. raps

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    Uninstall McAfee, it is well known that McAffe does some shady things, I would recommend any of these:
    1. Bitdefender
    2. Kaspersky
    3. Webroot
    And you wont see those same alerts as McAffe.
     
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  4. Smoove Grooves

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    Sounds like it's doing good!
    Is that because the others can't block things properly? :mad:
     
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  5. Willum

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    So your computer is trying to contacting RETN hundreds of times and you reckon its their fault?

    That makes no sense.
     
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  6. No Avenger

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    As @Willum already mentioned, your computer 'seems' to be the cause and McAfee prevents it from transmitting data.
    I recommend a virus scan.
     
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    shouldnt mcafee show which program it is that is doing the calling?

    actually this sound more like your computer is being used for a DDOS attack
     
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  8. Paul Pi

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    If you can recall when it started doing this, maybe check against your installed programs history to see what you installed around that date?
     
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  10. cyrano

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    RETN is mainly a backbone provider.

    You need to check what's trying to call something in the RETN network. Could be as mundane as some software calling home to check for updates.
     
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  11. pizzafresser

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    Ditch McAffee and get a Pi-Hole.
     
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  12. Kluster

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    I searched Pi-Hole and this looks like it could be a solution.
    Thx to all who responded and Merry Xmas :)
     
    Kluster, Dec 19, 2020
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