BillD, et al.

Virus scares tend to be exactly that... just SCARES! How hard is it to get a decent Virus Shield and update it regularly??? If you can't handle that, the world of computing is proably beyond you and you should stick to surfing the net on your TV or your Pezz coloured Imac...

Why a home user EVER needs a firewall is beyond me... what do you have on your system that SOOOO important?!?!? Ya know... putting a firewall on your home system is just BEGGING for trouble, because, like driving overcautiously when you've had a couple, it draws attention to yourself... (And before those WANKERS start jumping up and down and pissing an moaning, I am NOT advocating drinking and driving... I use it as an example is all... calm ye down...)

Besides, it's not those people I'm posting at... it is the folks like you and me who are willing to give new things a try, and are not freaked out by that box sitting there beside this hyped-up TV screen...

My suggestion... we need another Thread Prefix... "Tech Stuff".. so's we can swap this kind of info amongst us!

Mudcat... It's not just for music anymore!!

LOL!!!