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well i downloaded etopi,mp3music download,someone said i wasted my
money,maybe i did as the downloads for films was so slow,took more than 24
hours to download 1 hour and half movie,killed download in the end,was going
to uninstall program,but decided not to as the music was fine,and that is
what i mainly wanted it for.anyway what i wanted to know is,i`m a bit worried
that people are being able to read my computer and read all my files,i have
looked in the files of etomi but i don`t know what i`m looking for to stop
people accessing my machine.i`m new to all this,don`t really know what i am
doing,so please could somebody tell me what to do to make my pc safe.
also what`s this lime wire people are talking about,is it completely
free,i`ve just paid 30 odd quid for etomi!if this is free can i also have
this on my pc.someone please help
thankyou in advance
sharon
 
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Turn on the firewall, and make sure there are no exceptions. Be sure no program is running that opens any ports for it.

Go to Start/Run, and type MSCONFIG then look at the STARTUP TAB, to uncheck unwanted, checked items

Description of the Windows Firewall feature in SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=843090&product=windowsxpsp2

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"SHARONSMITH05" <SHARONSMITH05@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> well i downloaded etopi,mp3music download,someone said i wasted my
> money,maybe i did as the downloads for films was so slow,took more than 24
> hours to download 1 hour and half movie,killed download in the end,was going
> to uninstall program,but decided not to as the music was fine,and that is
> what i mainly wanted it for.anyway what i wanted to know is,i`m a bit worried
> that people are being able to read my computer and read all my files,i have
> looked in the files of etomi but i don`t know what i`m looking for to stop
> people accessing my machine.i`m new to all this,don`t really know what i am
> doing,so please could somebody tell me what to do to make my pc safe.
> also what`s this lime wire people are talking about,is it completely
> free,i`ve just paid 30 odd quid for etomi!if this is free can i also have
> this on my pc.someone please help
> thankyou in advance
> sharon