Replying to a message of Steve Kemp to Alan Hess:

 SK> Of course I do turn them on every once and awhile and scan every
 SK> couple  of months...with no hits.

 SK> And I've NEVER gotten a virus or been hacked. 
 SK> Even on my old 'puters, years ago.
 SK> Gee, I feel left out.

I've read that the time between one logs on to the Internet and the
time of the first attempt to get into his/her computer is less than
fifteen minutes.

If your machines are on the net 24x7 I don't see how you could have
escaped at least the attempts.

I briefly worked at a local (Omaha) bank (my job was being outsourced to
them and I was training their people) and got into a discussion with one of 
the network gurus there.  He said that they were being hit by cyberattacks
constantly; at that time, fortunately, the attacks had all been unsuccessful.

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