Can your PC be hacked if sum1 has my IP Address inspite of having a Firewall & Antivirus? How to

I have Zone alarm firewall %26 AVG Antivirus both r free edition %26 r fully updated. I have NTFS file system on all hard drives.

Sometimes the firewall turns off on it's own %26 i have to restart the firewall to make it active.

I also use utorrent %26 i have allowed the firewall to allow Only Access to the net but not to act as server.

Can your PC be hacked if sum1 has my IP Address inspite of having a Firewall %26 Antivirus? How to Know %26 find ?internet

A/V turning off all on it's own is usually an indication of an infection... sometimes it can just be a reinstallation issue if lucky... I would look into that and maybe do a scan from one of the top vendor websites that offer web scanning..

So the answer to your question is YES but a properly configured firewall will help in that not happening...

Basically the way it works is an attacker will scan for open ports... and will scan for programs running on the computer that is unpatched and has known vulnerabilities.

If any of these are found they are points of possible entry.

So if you don't have windows updates with the latest security patches then they could fund an MS vulnerability and attack it and possibly gain entry even through your firewall.

There's even something called "Firewalking" that goes around the firewall looking for ways in...