Shoutbox

Thanks everyone for their replies. I read that hackers run special scanners that scan many IP's per second to be able to intrude in systems. So, even if I don't use it at all, is it a high probability that a hacker might take control of my PC in such a situation? MY firewall frequently reports intrusion attempts, even with the PC not being used at all, so I wonder what those intrusion attempts might do without any firewall.