[Chickensoup]

Why? I thought my firewall would protect me. So no one can see me. I do everything on this computer.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well,...the bad guys keep coming up with new ways to get at the Windows PC’s,....what is your Firewall?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Here is a link to a Linksys Router at Newegg:

LINKSYS BEFSR41 10/100Mbps EtherFast Cable/DSL Router
with 4-Port Switch 1 x 10/100Mbps WAN Ports 4 x 10/100Mbps LAN Ports - Retail $49.99

Now this is a hardware Firewall....as opposed to a software firewall...like ZONEALARM ....

[js1138]

A DSL modem/router is aq pretty good incoming firewall. Outsiders can’t see your computer unless you have a trojan horse pinging the outsiders.

What a firewall — hardware or software — adds is the ability to manage outgoing requests.