[ale] How to test your public internet connection for open ports

[Paul Cartwright]

On 02/11/2011 04:42 AM, Pat Regan wrote:
> Most malware isn't arriving through bots scanning for insecure
> firewalls.  The vast majority of malware is delivered through bugs in
> your web browsers and email clients.  You can put as many locks on the
> door as you want, it is still easier to put a brick through the window.
>
>    
This is what gets me. I have friends that continue to use IE, and they 
continue to get viruses. I just went to someones house who uses IE to 
get his Yahoo email. He had 3 or 4 extra toolbars installed, Incredimail 
was installed ( he doesn't use it), and his homepage was hijacked. It's 
going to happen AGAIN, I know it.

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Paul Cartwright