Question for computer nerds. Why is there a port 666 on every computer that uses something called the DOOM protocol? It just feeds the paranoia!

I think sometimes people just like to "mess with folks"

Found out it is on every windows machine among other crazy stuff if you look hard enough. All kinds of weird shit in computers.

Hey Moth,

Hard to catch up with you these days!

Now let me go check this out....

Port 666 TCP attack:
Attack FTP simply installs a custom version of Serv-u invisibly.
Quick fix: no quick fix programs
Trojan B' Gone plugin might be as well.

Manual removal:
Remove the Reminder key located in the registry at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\​Run. This can be done with regedit or any other registry editing program.
Change the load=Wscan.exe key under [Windows] to load= in the win.ini. Which can be done with any text editing program.
Reboot the computer or close the trojan.
Delete the trojan files WScan.exe and drwatsom.exe in the windows system directory.

If you got Port 666 UDP attack then its the N0kN0k Trojan, in this case:
Attack FTP. 666 UDP N0kN0k Trojan/ 777 TCP, AIM Spy Application.

GET IT? Knock Knock... ...

I dont' see it. c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/?

It's probably nothing but my paranoid nature compels me to reformat all the time and it gets exhausting.

Did a search on 666 and doom.

Only thing I found was my PDF of Eustace Mullins' "Secrets of the Federal Reserve".

Thing is, I don't remember downloading it.

Huh.

Hopefully, just brain-fade.

Prions?

No 666 though.

glad It wasn't there!

It's c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/services. Open with notepad. Read it's on all machines so not worried but it's just odd the things you find digging through files.

system32/drivers/etc/services

open 'services' with notepad (right click/open with and select notepad) then scroll down the list until you see 666

Silly lizzard...Cow Brains are for people!

And hot dogs, and baloney -- yum.

Yup!

everytime a noob accesses port 666, something bad in the world happens.

Like I said...{rolls eyes}.HA!

Now I found something that refers to a "London campus" loopback. Have no idea what that is.

Sounds like something right out of "Lost", are sure you are in Australia, and not some "lost" island between here and there?

I see 533 # for emergency broadcasts.

HMMMM!

Wow, that doesn't sound good at all.

I think I'd just ditch that thing -- or run.

Last Edited by misterx on 02/22/2011 01:13 AM

Nothing to worry about. When a device sends frames of data to another device on a network one if the things included in the frame header is the "destination port". This tells the receiving device what application the data is intended for. For example, if I'm sending you an AOL instant message the destination port my device would put port number 531 in that field because that's the port number (unofficially) associated with aol instant messenger. There's a list of "well-known" port numbers at:

[link to en.m.wikipedia.org]

The makers of the video game Doom chose port 666 to be associated with that application, probably to go along with the scary, hellish theme of the game. Lol I can certainly understand why it would concern you to see something like that on your PC! I know this post is a little untimely but hopefully it'll set your mind at ease.

Are you guys serious about this?!

It's for the DOOM video game series. Come on. What the fuck.

Nerd humor.

Paranoid asses.

Because edison was an evil man.

I don't play doom (although I hear its a sweet game). I have the same issue and my desktop is trashed. Believe it or not I don't open email from unknown senders on my desktop or home wifi network from what I've heard its a back door Trojan. maybe some butthole I thought was a trusted friend could of done that. I'm not qualified to but I will seek someone to trace the bastard who did so