Jim Kerr - Alaska Juggler
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There are two kinds of people:
"Those that make regular backup and those that will"
(does anybody know who made that great quote?)
Firewalls:
Although Windows XP comes with a firewall, I find it practically useles, because it installs services that can make your computer more vunerable to attack. I recomend Zone Alarm available for free from http://www.zonelabs.com I have been using the free version for years and it has proven itself to be very effective. It requires a bit of attention for the first couple of weeks while it prompts you with the question "Do you want "this service" to access the internet?" To which you mostly reply yes. However, you will be surprised to learn that your computer often wants to act as a server and you almost always want to prevent that. Zone Alarm also make your computer invisible to the most hacker scans.


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