greyowl Posted April 24, 2012 ID:545368 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I have Website Blocking enabled and occasionally get a notice that an IP is being blocked either incoming or outgoing. I don't understand this.Please explain incoming and outgoing in simple terms.Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyowl Posted April 25, 2012 Author ID:545682 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Please help me with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted April 25, 2012 ID:545692 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Outgoing simply means that your computer tried to make contact with an IP address which is in our block list.Incoming means that a server on a blocked IP address tried to make contact with your PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyowl Posted April 25, 2012 Author ID:545697 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I don't understand how my computer would be trying to make contact with an IP address unless I directed it. Would websites that I have open be doing this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted April 25, 2012 ID:545732 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Yes, if you visit a website which resides on a blocked IP address or if the website contains content from a blocked website, for example an advertisement or image from a different website, then that would trigger an outgoing block.Similarly, if any program on your computer tried to contact a blocked IP address, it would show as an outgoing block. You might see such blocks with Skype, uTorrent or other peer-to-peer type software.There have even been cases where a browser plugin triggered an outgoing IP block.Of course, an active infection may also trigger an outgoing IP block if it were attempting to contact a blocked server, either to download other infections, upload information (like what a keylogger would do), or to download instructions as some bots will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyowl Posted April 25, 2012 Author ID:545779 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Thank you for the clarification. This really makes the web blocking feature of MBAM quite valuable in reducing infections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted April 25, 2012 ID:545889 Share Posted April 25, 2012 You're welcome Yes, it's very powerful for helping to prevent infections and is one of my favorite features in the PRO version because of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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