Theres also a firewall called Tiny Personal Firewall which is pretty simple to use and very good and stopping unwanted guests I'm pretty sure its free as well. Ryan
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Heibloem [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 11 January 2002 4:18 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: One for the IT boys, not Datsun related > > in my honest opinion NORTON is evil..get rid of it.. > > Synantic products are poorly designed although they are so popular..if u > want your computer to run properly then get rid of any norton at all..use > alternative products... > > if u have broadband internet then i would recommend some kind of > "firewall" > program, but if u are on dial-up then forget it..no one will touch u.. > > ZONEALARM is a good free product which is downloadable from just about > anywhere and is the leader in personal internet protection > > tim - the nerd at heart > > > >From: "Brad Hallett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: One for the IT boys, not Datsun related > >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:39:08 +1000 > > > >Question for the Web-heads > > > >I am running Windows XP with Norton Internet Security. It keeps telling > >me certain people are trying to hack into my computer with a trojan. In > >fact it logs about 6 attempts every half hour. > > > >Is this accurate or is its simply Nortons having a fit over something > >simple? > > > >Thanks > >Brad > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
