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To: bosquedog who wrote (25252)	2/2/2002 8:44:48 PM
From: Lonnie	Respond to of 110653

I was in pretty good shape, except on the one I had to accept their program to run. Then, I had a couple things that were "hacked" or appeared to be.....or did I give permission to be hacked when I accepted their program to run?? Not sure... Lonnie

To: bosquedog who wrote (25252)	2/2/2002 9:20:05 PM
From: Lonnie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

I just installed Norton Internet Security 2002 Trialware and re-ran your link with the same results. i guess when you accept running of someone's software you open up, so to speak! Thanks for the help! Lonnie

To: bosquedog who wrote (25252)	2/2/2002 10:02:53 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

I went there and nothing happened. Of course, I run with Java, Javascript, and Cookies disabled by default for unknown web sites so this avoids virtually all of these problems. When it tried to download an ActiveX control I politely said no and again nothing happened. In mythology a vampire can't harm you in your house unless you invite him in. Viruses work on the same principle. They can't do anything unless you invite them into you computer, but like the vampire they will try to trick you into extending an invitation. Like the old anti-drug campaign advised, "Just say no".

To: bosquedog who wrote (25252)	2/3/2002 1:11:39 AM
From: B.K.Myers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

bosquedog, On January 1st, I was surfing the Web and ended up at a suspicious Web site. Suddenly I heard my modem dialing a number (I use a cable modem for all on-line work). I was immediately surprised and suspicious, so I picked up my phone and sure enough, it was dialing a number on my phone. Since I hadn't asked my computer to dial out, I immediate reached behind my computer and disconnected my phone line. I thought that I had successfully broken the connection. Then two days ago I got my phone bill. Sure enough, there was a $35 call to a 900 number. Connection time was listed as one minute, but I know that it couldn't have been more than a couple of seconds. Luckily, my phone company, Verizon, was very understanding and removed the charge from my bill. I have since installed and I am now running Naviscope but I am still uncertain about how much protection I actually have. The SurfinGuard looks like a good piece of software which I just downloaded and will install it on my PC. Thanks for the link. B.K.