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Good advice also. I am very cautious. Never had a virus, I believe because I
am so careful and aware. I am starting tonight with the wireless setup
mentioned before.
Thank you
Frank L
"Mercury" <me@spam.com> wrote in message
news:d96bnl$hbb$2@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Do as you are: Concentrate more on the real threats. Learn what the
> threats are and review.
> IE anti virus, anti spyware, firewalls, file & OS security, not using
> Admin accounts. Not surfing from admin accounts, not downloading from
> untrusted sources, not opening suspicious emails, keeping systems patched,
> etc etc etc etc.
>
> When you done with all that and are *maintaining* it regularly, post back
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> Don't run 2 s/w firewalls at the same time on the same machine - it
> doesn't work too well.
>
> If you are well down this track, then I would look into proving your own
> security so you can get a better understanding of what you have achieved
> and what there is still to do.
>
>
>
> "Frank" <stratster68@IHATESPAMworldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:ePGPIITdFHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> OK, I understand. I appreciate all the feedback, it really helps. I am
>> very,very (10 verys more) meticulous about setting up security
>> (firewalls, AV, etc) and monitoring it's status daily. So I see that I
>> should be quite safe following the guidelines and implementing all
>> security options available to me. For me, These would be Zonealarm, XP
>> Pro SP2 firewall, NAV, spywareguard 22, (great free program) adaware
>> Pro(lavasoft, realtime) and then WPA and everything else available for my
>> linksys setup.Wrt54GS, WPC54G
>> Thanks so much for putting up with and responding to my concerns. That is
>> sincere.
>> Frank L
>>
>>
>> "John Coode" <faecius@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:OkdB48SdFHA.3060@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>> I guess I do not understand the security issues. I know the signal
>>>> between me and my bank is OK 128 bit.
>>>> I envision a hacker's data collection app on my network lying in
>>>> wait for me to type in or send some important info. So this is not the
>>>> way of it?
>>>> I need to read about what it is hackers actually do. Do they leave
>>>> sleeper programs of sort? Even thought my info from my PC to my bank is
>>>> encrypted, wouldn 't a key logger on my pC p/u my id and password
>>>> before it is sent?
>>>> So now you can see how ridiculously paranoid(or uninformed) I am. Any
>>>> help or reference to overcome this would be greatly appreciated
>>>> thanks
>>>> Frank L
>>>
>>>>
>>> The truly paranoid can guard against key loggers by
>>> 'typing' passwords on the Onscreen Keyboard. Find it in All
>>> Programs/Accessories/Accessibility or type osk.exe in the Run box.
>>>
>>> It's the chip those aliens planted in my head
>>> that bothers me.
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