Ha, ha, very funny. So I'm lazy with my home machines, sue me... ;) I'll get a real firewall one day along with a wireless LAN, encrypt my email to my mates, teach a pig to fly, etc. No it's a home pc, no LAN, broadband is the only connection. ICF was running before the infection, and I confirmed it's configruation after being infected. The reason I'm posting here are twofold 1: I've subscribed to the XP ilst, but nothing's coming through and 2: I can't see anyone else mentioning in the world mentioning that ICF doesn't protect you. MS have specifically referred to it in the security bulletin, so if it is a problem and not just me, we can ridicule the builtin firewall even more. Msg: #9 in digest Subject: [windows2000] Re: Conundrum: ICF and MSBlast Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:06:34 -0400 From: "Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you have got MCSE, MCP+I etc after you name and you trusted the built in Microsoft firewall?? Could another locally infected computer have gotten you? Greg Joe Mulhall MCSE, MCP+I, CCSA Network Engineer ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=148 ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm