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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gary Metzer who wrote (8480)	7/31/1999 12:27:00 PM
From: S.Y.R.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

<<Cable will be available later but don't like the recent happenings of neighbors being able to see my personal files on my PC. (This actually happened to someone.)>> This only happens if you have files sharing on your drives. Since everyone in your IP block is on the same local network as you when you are on cable, they will be able to see your computer as part of their network if you leave the file sharing option on. Turn it off and to be extra sure use a firewall and block ports 137, 138 and 139 for UDP and TCP protocols. SYR