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Originally Posted by Aragorn

Not quite true - there should be no direct way to get through a router firewall, but it is quite possible for you to unwittingly download a trojan that opens up a tunnel back to the would be hacker That is where a 'decent' software firewall helps.

Good point. Does Norton qualify as a decent firewall?

Mind you, many trojans gain access via popups...and I'm running Firefox, which of course tells popups to get stuffed unless you say otherwise. I'm also running NoScript (thanks to Carol a.k.a. Bald Eagle of the Windows Annoyances forum for that one!), so malicious Java code can go play with itself, too.