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The thread describes a LAN party experiencing severe network and security issues, with slow connections and multiple malware alerts. The original poster found that a participant had a compromised device containing viruses, which was removed and cleaned. Additionally, an external threat was identified and blocked, resolving the problems. Overall, the discussion highlights troubleshooting network security and malware threats during a LAN event.
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Tonight we are holding a lan party, but everything is going wrong with our Server, Switches, routers and computers. it's all so slow and everyones antivirus and malware programs are popping up saying theres threats. What is going on? 😡
 

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Sorted it out a player had heaps of rubbish like porn and hacks as well as heaps of viruses, so we disconnected him and got him to clean up. We found someone else (not from the Lan) but somewhere else that kept pinging us as well as moving all our files around. We blocked them and al has been good
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Firecracker

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Sorted it out a player had heaps of rubbish like porn and hacks as well as heaps of viruses, so we disconnected him and got him to clean up. We found someone else (not from the Lan) but somewhere else that kept pinging us as well as moving all our files around. We blocked them and al has been good
 
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