Hi Barry Very good point Barry. I don't want to be infected as soon as I go on-line. I'm currently using Sygate Personal Firewall, and I've been fine for months. Would you think that SPF will be adequate for broadband use, or am I perhaps better purchasing a different firewall? Best wishes. Andy from sunny Kilcreggan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Freeserve broadband questions. > Hi Andy > The most useful advice I can give you is to download a firewall and update it before you go on broadband. When I connected my broadband modem to the net there were five attempts to scan my computer within the first second. The tiscali web site I downloaded my update for the modem even tried sending me a virus. Luckily, I had a firewall installed. Within five minutes, the firewall stopped twenty attacks. > > I can't actually help you with anything else as I got someone with site and knowledge of pc's to install it all. > > Barry H > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: andy logue > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:43 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Freeserve broadband questions. > > > Hi all. > > I have just applied to move from Freeserve Anytime to broadband. Today, I > received my free modem which I believe has to be plugged into one of my > computers usb connections. The service is supposed to commence in about 7 > days. Can anyone who has recently moved onto broadband please give me some > advice concerning setting this up. > > Best wishes. > Andy from sunny Kilcreggan > > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** vacation ## d > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004 > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** vacation ## d > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq