What exactly is an "attack"??  Why are they dangerous?




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>Hi Steve,
>In the past 12 hours my @home connection has received 21 attacks. Of these
>21, 5 were Trojan attacks, 5 were click attacks, 6 were authorized scans by
>@home and 5 were spyware trying to get out from my computer. Two of the
>above attacks came from computers on the same @home network I am on. The
>rest were from outside the @home network.
>Any tech who tells you that you don't need a firewall isn't a tech.
>Bill M. Smith
>Urbana, IL
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