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[JesusisGod2]

Hey thanks brother, I will definately do some investigating.

there is a lot more to these computers than what I was ready for, thats for sure

Het God bless you smash, you have been a big help!

In Jesus

Kevin

[Guest idolsmasher]

Which version of Mcafee firewall are you using Jesusisgod2? I haven't used it in a long time so maybe it's gotten better.

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JIG2, would you explain your comments about internet banking? Why are you against it? I use it daily and love it. Including the bill pay. My banking web site is secure and locked.

Thanks, looking forward to your thoughts......

[Andrew007]

Hmm.. I missed where JIG2 said something about internet banking, but I too use it a lot! Wondering what yins have to say.... looking forward to replies........

[JesusisGod2]

Which version of Mcafee firewall are you using Jesusisgod2? I haven't used it in a long time so maybe it's gotten better.

I just bought mine about 2 months ago, now I dont know how the old stuff was but this has options of who has access to your computer as well as gives you daily updates on who tried to acess your computer and a reporting option.

My neighbor recommended it, but how good it is, I am a real novice on that so I couldnt even begin to say which options are better than other software

Kevin

[JesusisGod2]

JIG2, would you explain your comments about internet banking? Why are you against it? I use it daily and love it. Including the bill pay. My banking web site is secure and locked.

Thanks, looking forward to your thoughts......

Well I for one feel uncomfortable with it.

I look at my firewall security reports and you would be amazed at the different people that request access to your computer.

Now maybe there is nothing to worry about and I am parinoid. I was told by a couple of "eddheads" I have spoken to, that the risk for some reason or other is higher on broadband than dial up, but I dont know.

Now please dont misunderstand, but I also feel that online banking and financial transactions in general, are helping to usher in a cashless society. And I am just not comfortable with it.

But I must admit, I really dont have much trust in the banks in general, and then there are those who want access to your banking accout for bill paying etc.. My wife tried joining a healthclub and they even wanted access to our account so they couls take the money out automatically. We have great credit and are never late, the guy says he dont want to chase everyone around for payment and not in a nice way.

Well any way I believe my feelings are 70% me and 30% risk that I have heard. But I am not a computer expert, but there are people out there who hack computers for a living. And the average Joe like you are I, who in most cases have the minimum protection, we are prime.

And then should someone gain access to your computer, they not only have personall information about you, but your financial information as well. You are constantly hearing of identity theft, and they are getting very good at it these days.

But if you are comfortable with it, I am not saying stop. I guess its more me and what I read and hear from others more than facts. But being the novice that I am on the fundamentals of how a computer works, their advice is all I have to go on.

Hope it helps to understand why I made that remark, its not gospel, just my personall views. Of which the main reason I brought it up, was the mention that someone had no firewall protection of which in this case I would make no financial transactions.

God bless,

In Jesus

Kevin

[Andrew007]

Now maybe there is nothing to worry about and I am parinoid. I was told by a couple of "eddheads" I have spoken to, that the risk for some reason or other is higher on broadband than dial up, but I dont know.

That would be because our computers are always online. Also since our connection is faster they are in-and-out faster than if they were getting someone whos on dial-up.

[other one]

I am running a netgear router on a dsl line and several computers that use Norton Virus and Firewall. It was the easiest to set up and the phone help for netgear is great.

We use Mcafee for our work related computers and I have had more problem with virus breakthroughs with mcafee than my home computers running norton.

I work on large printing systems that are all networked and I see norton used most and zone alarm second. Zone alarm is easier to set up and seems to work as well as norton. If you was serious protesction get a router with a built in hardware firewall. They are not too expensive and virtually impossible to break through.

The very best is to dump microsoft and load unix...... but then you have to get all new software....

[Guest idolsmasher]

I look at my firewall security reports and you would be amazed at the different people that request access to your computer.

Ha ha ha! Those logs can be quite scary sometimes but most of those reports are for normal network protocol activity. In order for your computer to work on the internet, which is basically a huge network, your computer and the other computers have to talk back and forth to each other and make different requests etc, and that is a lot of what you see going on in the log.

If you was serious protesction get a router with a built in hardware firewall. They are not too expensive and virtually impossible to break through.

I don't think that anything to do with computers is"impossible" to break through but definitely if you are running a network using netbios protocols etc, a router/firewall is a good way to go. One of the most common internet scans by hackers is for netbios or other networking protocol ports. A Good way to test your computer for open ports is to use an online test like the one On this page. Scroll down to "Shields up" click on it and go through the tests.

The very best is to dump microsoft and load unix...... but then you have to get all new software....

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Thanks, JIG2.