I have to agree with David, Gibson Research (www.grc.com) is a wealth of PC
information and zonealarm is excellent.
The only reason I have Trend Micro is that I didn't know about zonealarm
until shortly after my purchase some years ago, then, just kept upgrading
cuz it worked!
MG content, the A is all apart and ready for paint, hopefully in the next
couple weeks!
Gotta be done for GT 29 in CT.
Safety Fast!
Gordie Bird
'62 MGA
'67 MGBGT
>
> Excellent, another topic of worldly interest on our LBC list. I
> suppose it
> is possible for someone to remotely connect to your PC and gain access to
> passwords although probably not quite in that manner. Usually the threat
> will come from within your PC - first you would have to (unwittingly)
> execute a program or a virus, and from that action, a program or
> a form of
> spyware would need to get installed on your computer and then access the
> Internet to send out information. And in that sense, such a
> scenario is not
> uncommon at all.
>
> I have used several firewall programs for incoming and outgoing Internet
> traffic and the best one and free is ZoneAlarm. You can get the free
> version at www.zonealarm.com and once you have it installed, it
> will notify
> you of any programs that try to use your Internet connection. You
> can then
> set ZoneAlarm to always give access to some programs, or to
> always ask, and
> in some cases, you can put a permanent block on rogue programs. And you
> will be surprised at how many programs you have that have
> installed spyware
> to report back on some of your actions. ZoneAlarm is one of the most
> important free downloads you can get on the Internet. Particularly if you
> have a cable or DSL Internet connection - it will allow you to
> control the
> connection and even block the Internet when you are not using it.
>
> David Councill
> 67 BGT
> 72 B
>
> At 06:19 PM 2/17/2004 -0500, mmorris@nemr.net wrote:
> >We do most of our banking online, as well as other financial
> transactions.
> >I've read that someone can remotely connect to your computer and
> steal your
> >passwords. Is this true? If so, can a "firewall" protect you
> from this and
> >if it can, what is the cheapest, easiest way to install one? Are certain
> >brand names more reliable?
> >With all the commotion about identity theft, I'd hate to be wiped out by
> >some a**hole, online thief.
> >Thank,
> >Monte
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