Re: Do I need a Firewall ?

From: Eirik Seim (eirik@mi.uib.no)
Date: 06/30/02 

From: eirik@mi.uib.no (Eirik Seim)
Date: 30 Jun 2002 17:58:45 GMT

On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 17:33:14 GMT, James R. DeLoach wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 16:28:29 GMT, "Rufio" <davecawdell@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >Then you may even fall victim to a
> >virus causing irreperable hardware damage.
> Can/will you explain. Other than reformatting the
> hard drive which does not damage it, what hardware
> damage do you refer to?

I'd guess he's thinking of the CIH-virus, and its derivates.

- Eirik 

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