Are you on dialup or broadband? I had the same experience with dialup - probes every couple of minutes. Zone Alarm was a real lifesaver. Now with DSL and a wireless router, I get nothing coming in to my PC Everything is stopped at the routers firewall.
"Ted MacNEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > A security firm, here in Canada, once stated the time between when you plug > your new PC into the INTERNET and some malicious thing is attempted against > it is less than 5 minutes. When I got a new one, last March, I didn't plug > it in until I had Security Centre up and configured the way I wanted it. > > Every time I'm on, it reports that somebody is trying to get in. > So far, no successes (as far as I'm aware of). > But, there are some false positives. > A burden, yes. > But, better than somebody actually getting in. > > Of course, I don't understand the mind-set of these malicious people, and > most spammers. > What purpose, other than being a nuisance, does most spam serve? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
