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Old 13-03-2008, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes View Post
The main thing to remember is that if you have your computer on the internet don't put anything on it that you don't want to share with the world.
Don't forget there's more harm to be done than 'just' stealing stuff on your pc. Your pc could become a 'zombie' doing lots of damage such as sending spam email, etc. as part of a larger network of controlled pc's.

Edit: I believe that MAC address filtering is not as secure as having a large, random security key and using WEP.
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