Mike Roberts (1:261/1381) wrote to Steven Horn at 10:37 on 12 Aug 2005:

 MR> Hi Steve.... I'll say I used to agree with you. That is why I was
 MR> armed to the teeth, but I still got clobbered. I was running MCAfee
 MR> virus scan and firewall. I also was running Microsofts
 MR> antivirus/antispyware beta and still got whacked good.  It just
 MR> happens sometimes, despite all your efforts. Consider your efforts
 MR> not in vain, but also remember it still can happen. Lets hope it
 MR> doesn't. 

But Mike, you missed using a hardware firewall, preferably one with
Stateful Packet Inspection.  Hook that into your system and most of your
problems disappear.

I recently had a Windows 2000 meltdown which took me four days to fix and
even though at various times my software firewall and my anti-virus program
were disconnected, I had no problems.
  
Take care,

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