Firewall question - What is NetBIOS?

[Lonyo]

After all this RPC stuff, which didn't get me (due to Windows updates, I did them for once ), I decided to get a Firewall (free, me being a 16-yo cheapskate with no nearby computer shops).

I have blocked ~190 "intrusions", mostly the 135 hits, but 33 were "high-rated" intrusions, and it seems they were from NetBIOS.
On the Internet Security Zone tab, I have it set to Medium which means incoming NetBIOS is blocked.

What is NetBIOS?

 

[IcemanJer]

er... do a search on Goggle or Microsoft's KB...?!?!

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: IcemanJer
er... do a search on Goggle or Microsoft's KB...?!?!

You could have just helped him out...

NetBIOS

 

[Ameesh]

roughly you can think of it as a replacement for TCP and UDP

 

[Pepsi90919]

a protocol that windows machines use to talk to each other.