BALIX - You should really get ZoneAlarm or another 3rd party firewall as the XP built in one does not stop anything from getting out of your computer only onto it, at least not until Windows XP Service Pack 2 comes out this spring or summer. Many viruses these days will get onto your computer through email or a security hole in Internet Explorer and then go and download more malicious software, or start attacking other computers. To see what I mean, go to the link 126,7 posted and look for the leak test.
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