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If you are limited to dial-up, Yahoo or G-Mail for mail. If you have broadband, any service provider besides AOHELL. And use a router with firewall, and use the firewall correctly. Most folks will just set themselves up DMZ so they do not have to configure it. If you are broadband and wireless, contact Linksys (Cisco) and secure your network at WEP or tighter. In the event that you use VPN for anything, your service provider and your Virtual Private Network Administrator will need to provide you with information for configuration.

No matter who your broadband ISP is, you can always make FR your homepage!

I am on a dial-up with an old computer. Using 95. All has been working great for 7 years. A little slow but good enough for what I use it for.

Free AVG caught a virus a few years ago and put it in jail.

There is nothing on my sys that I can't lose and regret it.

In spite of my limited capabilities I do quite a bit around the world speaking in secured chats mainly dedicated to the presurvation of wild animals in Mid and South Africa. I am not a tree hugger but many of the people I deal with are far far left.

My only problem with the puter is the inability to post pictures of wildlife. I don't have one of those ISB ports. I will get a new puter next year and solve that problem.

Don't get me wrong. I hate AOL. There is no place to complain on their front page about their left leaning stories. It is very similar to the NY Times. I do want out of AOL and will consider something different next year.

Verizon is coming in early next year and I think I will switch to them.

Thanks for the recommendations.

Bill in Hershey, PA