Internet Security

Question

I've had a high speed cable connection for 8 months.  My system is just as fast as it was the day I bought it.  I've never had a pop-up window.  I've never seen programs that I didn't install magically appear.  I'm very careful what web sites I access and what I download.  I'm somewhat ignorant on the internet security subject.  This is how I think it works.  First... someone would have to get past my router firewall.  Second... they would have to get past my Norton Internet Security.  If they succeed in both then I'm vulnerable.  Is that how it works???

jwatt · Answer

Recordit, You might want to look at some of the links listed in my signature under 'Network Safety'. I suspect you've not been lucky, but careful! Jim

Recordit · Answer

How easy is it to get infected with spyware?  Am I just lucky?

mfwizard · Answer

Yup.

Recordit · Answer

Thank you Jim

ctalia4000 · Answer

Do you really enjoy your connection?

Recordit · Answer

No... I don't enjoy it at all.   I been pondering the thought of going back to a dial-up connection.  I think using a dial-up connection is much more secure than high speed.

mfwizard · Answer

I've been running a DSL connection for 4 years, and I have never been infected with a virus or been hacked.  My router has NAT and I run NIS behind the router.  As long as you keep your virus definitions updated, and run AdAware and SpyBot after you download anything you think may have spyware, you should be OK.  The one thing you need to be aware of is that any time you download fixes for IE from Microsoft, you will probably wind up with Alexa back on your machine.   A routing run of AdAware will clean it off again.  Dial-up is secure, but it sure is slow.  Especially if you are trying to download something as large as XP SP2.

Recordit · Answer

My apologies.  The prior reply in this thread led me to be sarcastic.  I'll never go back to dial-up.

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