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Waldo Pepper · 14-01-2011, 21:04

I would say this is bad advice. They would have probably connected via a router which has its own built in firewall to block ports other than 80 for web browsing, unless you are a gamer.

I remember in dial up days being infected within minutes of connecting a clean machine with only visiting a few legit sites (news, sports etc).
Prob the same in plugging your PC direct into your VM modem without a router.

My VPN router logs indicate I get about 50-100 hits a week and all I do is view a few techy websites and the UK newspaper websites.

14-01-2011, 21:04	#18
Waldo Pepper Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: In the thick of East Anglia Posts: 573	Re: do we realy need expensive AV software I would say this is bad advice. They would have probably connected via a router which has its own built in firewall to block ports other than 80 for web browsing, unless you are a gamer. I remember in dial up days being infected within minutes of connecting a clean machine with only visiting a few legit sites (news, sports etc). Prob the same in plugging your PC direct into your VM modem without a router. My VPN router logs indicate I get about 50-100 hits a week and all I do is view a few techy websites and the UK newspaper websites.