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Name: xsu Date: September 4, 2002 at 07:33:16 Pacific
Comment:
what do you do when you think your connection is being sniffed? maybe i'm paraniod lol but it think my dial has been tapped.
Name: Underdog Date: September 4, 2002 at 08:22:10 Pacific
Reply:
It's OK xsu, it's just me looking around your system :). Does somebody have a reason to "sniff" your system? Just keep a watchful eye on you firewall logs and look @ your port situation (c:\netstat -a). Later!
Underdog V-Peace-V
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Response Number 2
Name: michael2 Date: September 6, 2002 at 15:31:19 Pacific
Reply:
If you don't have a firewall you should get one! I would not go on the net now without one. I have the free prog Zonealarm from www.zonelabs.com Until I am more familiar with the various programs on offer I will stick to the free ones.
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