Re: Is it possible for someone to access my HD even though I am running a firewall?

NAT can be run in software and hardware. either way, my suggestion is
that you reduce your permissions, by not using an admin account. If you
need to install something, use the run as...command or logout and login
as admin. use a strong password for the admin account and it wouldn't
hurt to change the admin account name from administrator to admin$10 or
something less than easy to guess. If you feel the need to test your
system, look for a site that does port scanning and see if it finds
anything. you can do a lot of things to protect yourself that cost a
lot, but don't give out your information unless you have all your
protected data off your machine. Assuming you have windows, clear your
form data once and a while, this is done through tools, internet
options, content. click the auto complete button and if you use auto
complete, try not to have it save passwords. I'm a little paranoid, but
paranoia pays off.

D
Received on Mon Nov 21 02:36:50 2005