Subj : Re: Pro-active firewall? To : T.J. Mcmillen From : Jas Hud Date : Fri Aug 09 2024 15:28:34 To: T.J. Mcmillen Re: Re: Pro-active firewall? By: T.J. Mcmillen to Jas Hud on Thu Aug 08 2024 04:03 pm > From Newsgroup: micronet.bbs > > JH> They used those exploits and put ransomeware on it and did the little > JH> txt f on the desktop where i had to send them money to a bitcoin > JH> address. > > JH> With windows firewall up, they wouldn't be able to do that. My other > JH> win7 were fine. > > I think the Win7 firewall is up, yeah, the stock one is .... I know I had it > down when I was having issues with net2bbs (which ending up being my router > needing powered off for like 15 mins) .... Weirdest damn thing ... just > would unhook the port for no reason. Crazy electric things! > i still miss blackice defender. --- Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113 * bbses.info - http://bbses.info - telnet://bbses.info * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (618:250/1) .