Firewalls and the rest

Hello all,
I am wondering if anyone can advise what the best security precautions are
in light of the following incident - recently I was searching for various
things on the internet through Yahoo and someone I had annoyed earlier in
the day (who knew my email address) managed to get in to Yahoo and see what
I had been looking at. I know firewalls are good but do they interfere when
you try to download music or files ? Any advise or suggestions would be
appreciated, thank you.

Kirsten

Kirsten Paton

Kirsten Paton wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am wondering if anyone can advise what the best security
> precautions are in light of the following incident - recently I was
> searching for various things on the internet through Yahoo and
> someone I had annoyed earlier in the day (who knew my email address)
> managed to get in to Yahoo and see what I had been looking at. I know
> firewalls are good but do they interfere when you try to download
> music or files ? Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated,
> thank you.

Kirsten, firewalls do not interfere. Hope you are running a good
up-to-date anti virus and and anti trojan application as there are many
being distributed through music and file sharing apps.
http://www.firewallguide.com/
I use Kerio and it works great.

you can invest 200? and ask a geek to build you a firewall/router linux box.
seems like the best way to keep you online safe (not quite the easiest way,
but worths the effort). win firewalls are incredibly stupid and can be by
passed quite easily, besides, you are never safe from a dos attack (denial
of service: sort of sending you too much info/packets/whatever than your
bandwidth supports). and the linux box will let you download everything u
want and won't stop outgoing connections unless you want to. good luck

Josephine

"Kirsten Paton" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hello all,
> I am wondering if anyone can advise what the best security precautions are
> in light of the following incident - recently I was searching for various
> things on the internet through Yahoo and someone I had annoyed earlier in
> the day (who knew my email address) managed to get in to Yahoo and see
what
> I had been looking at. I know firewalls are good but do they interfere
when
> you try to download music or files ? Any advise or suggestions would be
> appreciated, thank you.
>
> Kirsten
>
>

well, kirsten, to start out with, the best defence is to first NOT TO ANNOY
ANYONE to the extent that he/she will try to avenge this annoyance!

R. Green
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Technical Service Advisor
www.wowsat.com
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"Kirsten Paton" <> wrote in message
news:VRXLa.9672$...
> Hello all,
> I am wondering if anyone can advise what the best security precautions are
> in light of the following incident - recently I was searching for various
> things on the internet through Yahoo and someone I had annoyed earlier in
> the day (who knew my email address) managed to get in to Yahoo and see
what
> I had been looking at. I know firewalls are good but do they interfere
when
> you try to download music or files ? Any advise or suggestions would be
> appreciated, thank you.
>
> Kirsten
>
>

"Kirsten Paton" <> wrote in
news:VRXLa.9672$:

> Hello all,
> I am wondering if anyone can advise what the best security precautions
> are in light of the following incident - recently I was searching for
> various things on the internet through Yahoo and someone I had annoyed
> earlier in the day (who knew my email address) managed to get in to
> Yahoo and see what I had been looking at. I know firewalls are good
> but do they interfere when you try to download music or files ? Any
> advise or suggestions would be appreciated, thank you.
>
> Kirsten
>
>

Hi Kirsten,

Here's a link to help you answer your question:
http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#hackers

For sound, practical advice on how to make your system secure, visit
Sponge's Anti-Spyware Page:
http://www.geocities.com/yosponge/

If you want to avoid having your system hacked into or hijacked, then an
effective firewall is a must. You can configure it to permit the downloads
you need. But be very, very careful about what you download, because all
too often people have been deceived into downloading harmful programs.

"Kirsten Paton" <> wrote in message
news:VRXLa.9672$...
> Hello all,
> I am wondering if anyone can advise what the best security precautions are
> in light of the following incident - recently I was searching for various
> things on the internet through Yahoo and someone I had annoyed earlier in
> the day (who knew my email address) managed to get in to Yahoo and see
what
> I had been looking at. I know firewalls are good but do they interfere
when
> you try to download music or files ? Any advise or suggestions would be
> appreciated, thank you.
>
> Kirsten
>

Someone got into Yahoo and followed you around? More likely someone got
into your computer and knows where you go before you get there