Re: evesdropping a computer how is it possible, how can it be prevented ?



Greg wrote:
OK, well alot of those are obvious things, but what about free anti
virus and firewall software ?


I did advise to "install additional protection from a trusted source", right?
If you trust the free ones (I do), then go ahead and use them.
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