Re: Fact or Fiction?

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:11:57 -0700

TJ;
Your computer can never be absolutely safe.
However keeping your computer clean and up to date can go a long way:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/security.htm
Add a heavy dose of common sense computing and your computer is about as
secure as possible.

As for rebooting, if a hacker has access before and nothing else changes,
the hacker probably still has access. 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"TJ" <TJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:F440EB34-7212-4874-B5FB-E1ABBD31624B@microsoft.com...
> Hello, is it true that if you do an online transaction involving personal
> information (ie, checking acct., credit card, etc...) that you should 
> restart
> your computer immediately after completing the transaction?  I once read 
> that
> the hackers don't have access to the info. if you shut down your computer
> afterwards ?????  And one more question, how do I know that my computer is
> safe?  Please advise and thank you for your time! -- TJ