firewall help
This is a bad one! Disable the System Restore feature for the operating system, and run your antiviral software to see if it will be fixed. Information about the series of virus mentioned...
supersonic
There is no way a Trojan is going to take down the protection of the Linksys NAT router, unless a hacker using a Trojan on a compromised machine and had full control of the machine went to the Admin screens of the Linksys router and configured the router. But that would not happen either if the Linksys user has changed the user-id and psw from the factory default ones to something else.
On 26 Jun 2005 12:32:22 -0700, A strange species called "pgjonesuk" What kind of broadband are you getting...
Nor are port scanners going to deactivate the protection of the Linksys NAT router.
Maybe, the DSL line is having trouble and the ISP needs to check the line.
If it's a standalone modem it may be going defective and needs to be replaced.
It could be the router is going defective due to it not being protected properly by an UPS-AVR system. The router does like clean and constant power and will go defective from other household appliances draining or spiking the line as they switch on and off on a routine basis.
If you cannot or don't know how to update the firmware on the router, then you should get on the phone with Linksys Tech Support. They will walk you through it.
Duane :)