In a message dated 4/1/2003 3:56:41 PM Central Standard Time, jstrain1@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > > seem reasonable? Or poppycock ? more than reasonable... and if you use dial up it doesnt show up so very much as sites that you conect to are usally of short duration... but using dsl or cable.. its a 24/7 deal if you leave the system on... and probes can and will find you. What most people find hard to accept is the fact it sint that they have valuable info on their pc, but that all the hacker wants to do is rpove to himself he can do it by messing over your pc. It is a twisted sense of pride of accomplishment. As to if you shoud or should not use a firewall.... old saying goes "better safe than sorry" I think right now the fight about using or not using a firewall has detryed this thered whcih was Doona's frined with problems on windows varied crashes.... DONNA!!!!!!! rescue us with info please so we can get back on topic and hopefully the fight for or aginst friewalls will go to another thread so that us who do use one can delete that useless argument. btw... since am now with dsl I have a hardware firewall that is built into my networking system... and have now stopped using a software firewall..................Chuck... in Ok VIEW ARCHIVES @ //www.freelists.org UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk Contact List Owner - dbcfour@xxxxxxx