It's like someone else said:A good hacker can get into just about any
system, but you have to consider the odds. If you don't have nuclear secrets
or the Coke formula, why would a random hacker target you?
From what I've seen, most problems arise from kids and other "experts"
misusing or "tweaking" your system, and that doesn't appear to be a problem
in your case.
I use a hardware firewall (Linksys Router), AVG Anti-virus updated and run
daily, Outlook Spam filter, AD Aware and SpyBot and keep Windows up to date.
I'm also running a Linux Server for my experimental web page and have two
other computers on my Home network. When I run the "Shields up" test at
www.grc.com I get exactly the results I expect, so I'm not worried in the
least.
These security-related pages might help:
http://www.uksecurityonline.com/husdg/windowsxp/wxpp2.php
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx  (MS security
analyzer)
http://www.saltmeadow.com/privacy/contents.html
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Clarification...   My concern is someone "hacking" my computer (primarily
while I am logged in - no one else has physical access to my PC).

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