Re: D-Link 604 Router

From: *Vanguard* (reply-to-newsgroup_at_to-email.use-Reply.obey-signature.invalid)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:23:19 -0500

Roy said in news:xGnBc.834614$Ig.198794@pd7tw2no:
> Thanks, I just wanted to make sure that I had all my bases covered.
>
> Now onward to the internet surfing.
>

Well, firewalls won't protect you from viruses in communications that
YOU establish. Obviously if you can browse the Internet then you have
an outbound hole punched in your firewalls to permit that connection.
That means you can also do downloads. Same for e-mails. Do you have
anti-virus software (and does it auto-update several times per week and
maybe once, or more, per day)? Do you periodically scan for spyware
(which is not detected by anti-virus products)?

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