Re: Ping: Volker Birk & Possibly Other Regs!
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Re: Ping: Volker Birk & Possibly Other Regs!

From: Casey <casey@notspecified.net>
Date: Wed Apr 05 2006 - 20:20:06 CEST

 no help to me! ;-)
>
> Yes. As a matter of fact, you don't need a firewall for Windows 98,
> because it's very easy to unbind any network service from your external
> interface. Just right-click on it, chose Properties, and remove anyhing
> with the exception of "TCP/IP".
>
> Yours,
> VB.
>
On Windows 98 OS with no firewall, does unbinding everything
but "TCP/IP" prevent malware from "phoneing home"?? -- Malware
that has gotten in the machine due to the users lack of security
practices.
Thank you,
Csey
Received on Mon May 1 01:05:24 2006