Getting SMB:Bruteforce alerts every 5 minutes

[Vicente_S4L]

I get BruteForce alerts every 5 minutes and they don’t stop… what can I do? Should I be worried? I reinstalled yesterday the OS… I only installed Discord and Vivaldi.

https://i.imgur.com/kPSUtyo.png

[Pondus]

If you search the forum you should find lots of info

[DavidR]

Done some of the legwork for you https://www.google.com/search?q=SMB%3ABruteforce+site%3A+forum.avast.com

There are as has been said, many are old, but likely to still be relevant. But the more recent the better.

Also see this FAQ - https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/Antivirus-Remote-Access-Shield-FAQ/#pc - as it is this shield that monitors this type of attack.

[Vicente_S4L]

@DavidR post:3

Done some of the legwork for you https://www.google.com/search?q=SMB%3ABruteforce+site%3A+forum.avast.com

There are as has been said, many are old, but likely to still be relevant. But the more recent the better.

Also see this FAQ - https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/Antivirus-Remote-Access-Shield-FAQ/#pc - as it is this shield that monitors this type of attack.

Thank for you, the FAQ helped me, I’ll report them into the website abuseipdb.

[DavidR]

You’re welcome.