Here is another one.
About six months ago I was contacted by my internet provider and was told that someone else was using my service and they told me to supply them with another password.
I couldn't figure out how anyone could obtain my password.
Several months later I was told about installing a firewall which I did. Within on hour after downloading the program, I had seventeen hits by someone trying to get into my computer.
Just prior to installing the program I was contacted by a lawyer asking if I would be interested in being a technical witness as I am a Consulting Engineer. Within an hour after receiving his email I got another email addressing me by name telling me that I should not trust that lawyer as he really represented the other side and just wanted to pick my brains. I later found out that the lawyer was on the up-and-up.
Someone had gotten into my computer and read a lot of the files and concocted the phony message.
If that guy and all the hackers out there can do it to me they can sure as hell do it to you. I strongly recommend that all of you get some type of firewall program.
The system I use is free and can be downloaded from the internet. I have to assume that if it is on the internet it can be downloaded everywhere.
The name of the company is Zone Labs and the name of the program is Zone Alarm 2.1.44
Get it and start counting the hits on your computers.
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The Cat