Some of you may have noticed that I placed a link to the Fred Langa list at the bottom of the Gibson page. It is an excellent newsletter to subscribe to! It comes about once or twice a week and is packed with information regarding your computer. I have picked up so many tips from it that I wanted you all to have a chance to subscribe to it, too. It gives the latest info on viruses, patches as well as general tips for just making your computer run better and faster. Fred's instructions are easy and simple to follow. Coming very soon is the new FREE firewall that you all should look in to. It's available now but Fred is waiting for all the bugs to get fixed before recommending downloading it. You can test your computer at: https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and see how vulnerable you are. This is Steve Gibson's site and he has excellent tips there, too. After the first time I did, I followed all the instructions on screen to improve my computer's security and then bought BlackIce Defender to protect me from hackers. AND seriously I can't tell you how much of that is going on without you even knowing it when you are on line. When your ports are open and you are on line, your computer is probably being scanned dozens of times a day. I know because my BlackIce records all potential attacks. But, like I said, a new even better FREE firewall program will be here soon and I would urge you all to download it and use it when Fred says it's ready! This is a serious problem now days and I hope you all will take the time to test your computer and take measures to increase your security. There are things you can do now to improve your security by just making some simple adjustments! Sorry to bore you all with computer procedures but your computer might be crashing because of poor security that you aren't aware of. Unfortunately, this problem is only going to get worse so it's time to do something now to protect yourself! Join Fred's list........you won't be sorry! The link is at the bottom of the Gibson page on the left hand side. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson Vicki