Go ahead check your Logs youll see...
I started noticing dozens of these scans around Monday night and they continue today. It seems to be a MSSQL Worm
Graph: http://isc.incidents.org/port_details.ht...33&tarax=1
Description : http://www.incidents.org/diary/diary.php?id=156

Spida (js.spida.b.worm, also known as Double Tap and SQLSnake) is an Internet worm now attacking Microsoft SQL servers worldwide.

Written in JavaScript, Spida actively scans port 1433 for access into systems with blank system administrator accounts. According to the SANS Institute, a computer research organization, system administrators began noticing an upsurge in scans on port 1433, which is used by Microsoft's SQL servers, on Monday, May 20, 2002. Within the first 12 hours, the number of scanned and infected systems rose sharply to more than 1,600, and those systems are now scanning for others on the Internet.

In addition to port scanning, the worm collects and e-mails passwords from the infected servers. Users of Microsoft Windows 95, 98, or Me are not affected by the Spida worm. So there is an advantage to running inferior OS's after all. Not you could run latest iterations of SQL dbs on these OS's though.

For more Info see http://www.neowin.net

have you tryed useing a firewall? :o

-----------have you tried using a dictionary?
I build hardware firewalls for a living my friend. I was only making an observation....cheers :wink:

what kinda firewalls do ya build. do they have encrpytion beter then 128, like 168 :roll: