P Witte wrote: > So why did I do it? Well, broadband has finally arrived here in this > godforsaken nook of England, (although it will be a few months before I get > connected, so please dont mail me all your holiday snaps just yet). > Continuing to ride the Internet bare backed would probably be irresponsible, > so Ive swallowed my pride and conformed.
Right, but usually I suggest the use of a hardware router. The address translation they do protect the machines behind them very well, usually better than the so called "personal firewalls", because those can be compromised. > Yet despite the dire warnings and the shaking of wise and moral > heads, my first complete system scan using all the tools available > showed that there was nothing amiss with my system. Yes, it did > throw up a couple of viruses (mainly from friends on this list! > (Thanks guys)) More modern viruses counterfeit the sender with one of the names in the address book. I know some viruses get send using my e-mail address by 3rd parties, because I occasionally get the bounces, and frankly this pisses me off to no end. Marcel _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
