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depends if it's behind a router too.(sorta a firewall) and sometimes hackers pick stuff up if u had a similar ip to a company when their scanning they might find you and say, "woo hoo free proxy" or something to that effect

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99% of the software on my machine is pirated

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was that really a clever thing to say?

in britain (or around the world i dont know) its an average of 40minutes for your computer to get hacked into, whenyou leave it connected to the internet, with no firewall or security devices on, or something like that.

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Originally posted by ICD
in britain (or around the world i dont know) its an average of 40minutes for your computer to get hacked into, whenyou leave it connected to the internet, with no firewall or security devices on, or something like that.

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Yes, but I bet that's with an unpatched WinXP (no service packs).

Ok, so say my unprotected PC is hacked. What can a hacker do and not do? Can he only read my files, read all of them or just a certain directory, or also is he able to control my PC completely? (delete, format, change settings, etc etc)?

yeah i think so, or he could use it to connect to a premium rate phone line or something by installing something so you're paying £3.00 a minute, while your sleeping.

or something like that, im only very vague on it.

well if everyone bought linux,they would have to waste all their money no would they? i guess it depends on look, wether a webspider gets you or not.

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Originally posted by Phillip
I hate all these people that go out and buy Virus scanners, email scanners, firewalls, etc. Just a waste of money IMO.

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Not for the newb who has a drone PC.

Well if you don't install sp2 it would be like 7 minutes (that was when MS blaster got me...) or 5 (the stupid virus that closed every window with the word virus in it...)
But with sp2 it is a bit safer....

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Originally posted by ICD
well if everyone bought linux,they

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On my planet, linux is a free operating system.

actually, you can buy the CD's or DVD if you want, its optional.

in my world windows is free, beacause i know the right people