On Sat, 5 Dec 1998 15:12:00 -0000, Andrew Herd wrote:
>Technically, someone can hack in if you have an open internet connection,
>hence Ewan's recent post about home security and firewalls (perhaps Ewan
>could fill us in here). The security on 95 isn't really adequate, as far as
>I am aware, and it is only with NT that one can begin to feel really secure.
First step is to make sure that file sharing is disabled in [network
settings]!
The lates version of McAfee ships with a personal firewall.
Ahmad
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