Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 07:11:06 02/06/04
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On February 06, 2004 at 00:23:53, Russell Reagan wrote: >On February 05, 2004 at 19:17:58, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>I do exactly the same thing, with three computers. For some reason, I get email >>DAILY which Norton Antivirus says has a virus [in the attachment]. I guess >>having a router/hub doesn't act as a firewall after all. Incidentally, my >>computer is the only one receiving the offending email messages. Since CCC is >>the only bulletin board I use and I do not use Usenet, I assume someone like >>"Swami" who uses CCC is sending those email messages, although that's not >>certain. Anyway, it is a daily ritual for me to delete all virus-infected email >>messages before doing anything else that day. Sadly, we cannot expect everyone >>to be Saints. > >I'm not sure what you mean. A router isn't responsible for catching viruses via >email. That's what your antivirus program is for :) A firewall basically just >shuts down all open ports on your computer (by default some are left open, which >can allow people to break into your machine and do bad things). If a program >tries to open a port, your firewall program will ask you, "Do you want to allow >this program to access the internet?", and you can say yes or no. Also note that >there are two kinds of firewalls. There are hardware firewalls and software >firewalls. Some routers have a hardware firewall built in, some don't. I have >both hardware and software firewalls. If you don't have a software firewall you >can get a free one named Zone Alarm at www.zonelabs.com. Get the 'free' one, not >the 'pro' version (unless you don't mind paying for it). I would like to have and use a firewall although: (a) I would have to come up to speed on firewalls and fear pain, (b) The last time I checked, ICC's Blitzen was not supposed to work properly if you have a firewall. It would be necessary to solve this problem [if it is still a problem]. Bob D.
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