Firewalls are good things, and they can help to protect you from outside attacks, but they will not protect you from email-delivered viruses. Honestly, I would get it, and also invest in a decent AV program. Fuzzy -- "Men may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do." *Lewis Cass {1782-1866 American Politician} On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:47:13 +1000, George Cham <doggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am thinking of getting a firewall wich my ISP can prived at a cost. > I'm am connectecd to the internet on an DSL connection. > My question is this. Should I get the firewall? And what are the beniffits > of having on? > And if not is there a chance that someone can hack into my computer. > > George ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "info 1stpickpchelp" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpickpchelp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~