I've been DDOS Attacked?

[OmegaX]

Well today i was running a Garry's Mod co-op server and someone named Tom joins. The server starts lagging so i figured i have the max players to high and i kick him. He comes back again so i just ban him. Then he rejoins with the name iwillDDOSj00. A few seconds after this the game locks up and im forced to close it through the task manager. I shut off my router for a bit to change my ip just incase i was being attacked. Then i go back and run another server for garrys mod and the game locks up again after a few seconds of play. So i shut down the game and open up some program that i have that monitors ip and it shows an ip [69.28.191.84]coming through port 2014 constantly gaining access. That ip is very similar to the ip he was using when he joined my game. Now eveytime i open steam that same ip is shows up in my monitoring program, and i've been unable to run a server since. What should i do?

 

[Chris D]

You do have a firewall, right?

For now, if you have a firewall block port 2014 as I don't think it's used for anything. Also, increase the security settings on your firewall. If he keeps getting access, you need to stop him before he does something really bad.

 

[SidewinderX]

Yeah, what chris said. If you're using a router, just close that port. you should be fine.

 

[OmegaX]

wait, its actually port 27014. I think that's used when I host a Half-Life 2 server. So i guess thats means i won't be able to host a server anymore if i block that port. Man, that sucks.

 

[Beerdude26]

Dude give me his SteamID so I can ban his ass. Also, report him to the proper Steam authorities. They'll do an auto-smackdown-update.