Quote:
| Originally Posted by MattS The vast majority of PC infections come from trojans in e-mail attachments and various files downloaded off the internet - p2p distributed files are notorious for it.
A firewall probe from the internet works outside in so is not a great deal of use when looking for trojan exploits, which work inside out. |
Bingo! Always double check what you download and what you say yes (or no to), run regular Anti virus scans and get some client side software (something like Spybot, search and destroy).
Quote:
| Originally Posted by MattS nmap is the best tool for probing firewalls but some would describe it as complicated to an unfriendly degree. |
Again, Couldn't agree more.