[TenTec] Hello

[AC5E at aol.com]

Yep, there's lots of new virii, worms, and trojan horses out there. 
Personally, I don't get on the net until I have a good anti-virus program in place. The 
first place I go is  www.grc.com and do the "probe my ports" and "test my 
shields" bit to test my PHEW-ter for vulnerabilities. 

Then I go to www.zonelabs.com and download a copy of Zone Alarm - the pro's a 
very good firewall, but at least the basic freebie firewall will prevent many 
nasty surprises. 

After that, ALL downloads go to a removable disk and are doubly checked for 
intruders before opening. When I find a virus I trash the disk. 

Bottom line - I don't have a lot of trouble with getting infected, but I do 
have to delete a lot of E-mail from folks who don't take basic precautions.

73  Pete Allen  AC5E