Subj : 486sx20
To   : Mike Roberts
From : Steven Horn
Date : Mon Oct 10 2005 01:22 am

Mike Roberts (1:261/1381) wrote to Steven Horn at 10:37 on 12 Aug 2005:

 MR> Hi Steve.... I'll say I used to agree with you. That is why I was
 MR> armed to the teeth, but I still got clobbered. I was running MCAfee
 MR> virus scan and firewall. I also was running Microsofts
 MR> antivirus/antispyware beta and still got whacked good.  It just
 MR> happens sometimes, despite all your efforts. Consider your efforts
 MR> not in vain, but also remember it still can happen. Lets hope it
 MR> doesn't. 

But Mike, you missed using a hardware firewall, preferably one with Stateful 
Packet Inspection.  Hook that into your system and most of your problems 
disappear.

I recently had a Windows 2000 meltdown which took me four days to fix and even 
though at various times my software firewall and my anti-virus program were 
disconnected, I had no problems.
  
Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn@gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: North of 60 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (1:17/67)

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