Richard Moody says he has no firewall.  Not smart!  You are asking for
a major disk crash when the next virus gets scooped up by your system.
You can lose every bit of data you have on your disk.  And also you may
need a new disk.  You are asking to be sent every spam message there
is.  You are asking to have your credit card number sent to someone who
will steal you blind.  You are asking for your phone number to be given
to every telemarketer in the world.

Richard and anyone else who can brag about that fact: Run, don't walk
to Symantec and get Norton Security.  It has a firewall as well as an
ad blocker.  I have also downloaded Ad-aware SE from Lavasoft which
digs out all the garbage.  I must run it a couple of times a week.

The first time I ran it there were over 400 nasty spyware files
present.  Today there were only 40 and I ran it less than a week ago.
It collects and deletes all the spyware that you will have on there
if you have ever connected to the internet for more than 60 seconds.
These are what reports your every keystroke to marketers who will send
you more ads if you let them.  MacAfee also does the virus thing but
I did not like them as well and went to Norton.

A good virus protection software will save you hundreds of dollars,
perhaps thousands.  Your computer will run faster as well.

D.L. Bullock    St. Louis
http://www.thepianoworld.com/

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