AnTiViRuS!

go to www.grc.com and test your firewall.

Rick

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Clean your screen - turn off your PC. Use a damp soft cloth. Wipe screen carefully, then buff dry with another soft cloth. Then wipe your keyboard and pointer area, avoiding the pointer tip.

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My suggestion exactly, Shields Up:

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2



Message Edited on 09/30/02 10:58PM by chuket

Yes you can still be hacked no matter what firewall you use, hardware or software. Just be careful of what you download since you can get something that will corrupt your AV and firewall then they can take over your system. Even if they dont corrupt the firewall, a program can still create a connection making the firewall think you made it, and allow a hacker to have access to your entire system, if your AV isnt up to date, or somehow doesnt detect it.

Although grc.com is nice, his little tester is to small. You have over 65000 ports on your computer, and his test maybe covers the most popular. If you want to really test it then you need to go to http://www.hackerwhacker.com/ and take the complete test. The first one is free, but anything after that and you need to pay.

That test takes VERY long to do, so dont plan on doing anything for awhile. There is another site which I cant remember right now which will do the same thing but all tests are free. However there are around 300 different tests or so that each need to be ran manually which makes using it a real hassle.

Keep in mind if your on grc.com and use the 'leaktest' it ONLY tests outgoing connections. Norton firewall/anti virus is very good software and you shouldn't have to worry about hackers. If your THAT consirned though you can create a new rule that blocks out all ports, from all IPs addresses and all UDP, IMCP, and TCP scanners. Although this might cause problems its probably as safe as you can get, without turning off your connection.



Message Edited on 10/01/02 03:33AM by liptonice

Its probably pretty tough to get hacked with NIS loaded and updated constantly. Remember hackers are looking for easy connections to mess with people. They dont wanan spend (most of the time) hours and hours trying to get into your system unless they think theres something worth it on there. Most just run random checks to find vulnerable computers and then hack those. I wouldnt worry too much, NIS is one of the best security systems there is, if not the best.

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