DOS attack: STORM issue

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iMac 9.1 running Snow Leopard
I have a iMac 9.1 connected to a Netear WNR3500 router via an ethernet cable. I noticed my router log file contains DOS attack: STORM entries that seem to indicate the attack is originating from my iMac. Note the logfile below:

[Admin login] from source 192.168.1.5, Thursday, Sep 02,2010 13:23:44
[Admin login] from source 192.168.1.5, Thursday, Sep 02,2010 13:01:13
[DOS attack: STORM] attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [192.168.1.5], Thursday, Sep 02,2010 12:39:30
[DOS attack: STORM] attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [192.168.1.5], Thursday, Sep 02,2010 12:39:05
[DOS attack: STORM] attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [192.168.1.5], Thursday, Sep 02,2010 12:38:3
[Admin login] from source 192.168.1.5, Thursday, Sep 02,2010 10:43:12
[Admin login] from source 192.168.1.5, Thursday, Sep 02,2010 10:05:26

192.168.1.5 is my iMac. I notice that these attacks, or whatever they are, seem to come in bursts about 3-5 at a time and these occur about 3-5 times a day. I have no problem accessing the net. I have no idea what these are, or even if they are a problem. Could anyone help?
Thanks.
 
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I forgot to mention. I have VirusBarrier X5 and NetBarrier X5, and a scan showed no problem. However, when I first setup the mac (a little over a year ago) I didn't enable the trojan horse and spyware stuff on NetBarrier, but they are now.
 

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