Hi, I have installed Apache2Triad on my pc running Windows XP...but there seems to be a problem... My antivirus is telling me evry now & then that some remote pc is trying to access my pc using Apache2Triad (A2T) I have only installed it (A2T) so far...not any php script to run it...why is it seeming to open some hole into my pc? By the way, this Apache2Triad is a very popular software bundle for php, mysql etc...It seems to be a security risk!! I just want to use it to test my own scripts and not to use my pc to network with the internet... I'm new to this...so any advice is really appreciated...should I just uninstall it or configure it (and how) in order to block off all remote access? Thanks.
You may want to set up a firewall on your personal machine, and block incoming requests to the http port (almost always 80 for default installs). you can also set up apache to only listen on your person machine for requests, but it involves some editing of the httpd.conf file (changing the ListenAddr directive). The former option is easier. Most IP Blocks are scanned in bulk, i get dozens of failed ssh requests daily even though few people know the IP of this machine, those requests are just from scans of the entire 80.x.x.x range or narrower.