Get Zone Alarm Free (Basic Firewall) and set everything (all programs, processes) to "Ask" (except for what you set to "Deny").
At 01:32 PM 1/25/2008, rlsimon wrote: >Last year I went to a hotel using their wifi and found I had folders >installed on my box and lotsa problems which I have fixed. Now, I'm on my >way again and I plan to: 1) disable file share, 2) use "webmail" only, 3) >what about banking for bill pay?, 4) is winXPsp2 firewall enuf or do I >need2get zone alarm?, 5) is Avast enuf, or what? 6) what else? ...TIA!! ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************