Greetings, folks! This was on a list I subscribe to and I thought it might be useful. If you don't want to bother with it, just delete this. Best wishes, Eve -- Eve S. Gregory, Director Virginia Foundation for Archaeological Research, Inc. http://home.earthlink.net/~vfar1/ James City County, Virginia, VAGenWeb page & James City List http://www.rootsweb.com/~vajamesc/ Surry County, Virginia, VAGenWeb page & Surry List http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/ Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/ "a free program to set up an "ersatz firewall" on the PC, which will stop ALL attempts at hacking from others." "Here's the URL for the utility: http://www.zonelabs.com ZoneAlarm is an Internet security utility and firewall that detects all Internet access on your computer and controls which programs have access to the Internet. Version 2.0.26 combines many improvements to ZoneAlarm's capabilities and usability, including a complete local firewall with easy-to-use security level settings and advanced local and Internet zone capabilities. ZoneAlarm works with most types of TCP/IP connections, including Ethernet LAN, DSL, cable modem and dial-up connections. Basically, what ZoneAlarm does is this: If it is running when you connect to the Internet/Web, via Netscape, MSIE, Eudora, MS Outlook, etc., AND if a remote computer tries to access your computer to look for data or to place something on your system, ZoneAlarm, if already set properly, will deny such access if you have configured No Access, or will ask you what to do if you have configured it to do this. It takes up very little RAM and Resources. You might run it for weeks before you get the first attempt by a remote computer to access your system; on the other hand, it might be the next time you use your web browser. You just never know. "