Mike Roberts (1:261/1381) wrote to Nancy Backus at 13:32 on 24 Oct 2005:

 MR> For both of you, I am not going to say you are wrong, I will say
 MR> when is  enough, enough? In my case I have done all I can do and
 MR> all I can afford. If I get hit again, I get hit again. As Dos is
 MR> not an option, Nor buying and  learning a new operating system. Nor
 MR> is buying new hardware for a firewall,  but other than that, I have
 MR> done all I can, and can afford, to try and prevent getting hammered
 MR> like that again.

You can never assume things will be that static.  I didn't get my hardware
firewall because I thought I needed one but I did need a router and the
firewall was part of the package.  As for being hit, my AVG picks up on
intrusion attempts daily so the baddies are still out there.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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