On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:23:51 -0000, Keith G wrote:

Bad luck!

I disabled my Firewall to enable
cookies from Paypal (I think) and forgot to put it back up!

Is it really possible to get a virus because of just not having a firewall
up? Shouldn't a user with special access have to run code before a machine
is infected? Appart from major security holes you shouldn't catch a virus
by just reading an email or webpage, even if they contain virus code.

I used windows for a long time and stoped worying about security holes
when I switched browsers. Opera seemed very good at the time, but I think
firefox is the current favorite. Might be worth a try to avoid this kind
of thing.

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Jim H jh
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