re: OMG. Has "runsan" opened a new account? Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 7:44 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jack hall (290 messages posted) gweg_ I don't think I've been hit by anything, since I can run the box day after day, as long as it isn't shut down(and disconnected) for a week or more. That makes the cmos battery suspect, but it keeps time. On Monday, March 2, 2009 at 5:29 pm, gewg_ wrote: >Eric Gold wrote: >|If you're going through a router, then disconnect from it >|and connect directly to the modem. If that doesn't work - come back. >| >A new someone giving out bad advice?? >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1236043455 > >I'm sure Jack knows better than to put a Windoze box on the 'Net barefooted, >but for the others who would read this: > >NEVER connect your Windoze box to the Internet without a protective layer >that filters packets. >Some time-to-infection numbers for running an M$ OS on an unfiltered connection >are in the 20-second range. > >I'm also curious how this poster accounts for the *temporal* element in the query >--which is the *only* variable revealed. Written in response to: OMG. Has "runsan" opened a new account? (gewg_: Monday, March 2, 2009 at 5:29 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] disappearing ethernet card (jack hall: Sat, Feb 28, 2009, 5:52 pm) re: disappearing ethernet card (gewg_: Sat, Feb 28, 2009, 6:55 pm) re: disappearing ethernet card (jack hall: Sat, Feb 28, 2009, 7:17 pm) re: disappearing ethernet card (Eric Gold: Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:25 pm) OMG. Has "runsan" opened a new account? (gewg_: Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 5:29 pm) re: OMG. Has "runsan" opened a new account? (jack hall: Tue, Mar 3, 2009, 7:44 am) re: disappearing ethernet card (jack hall: Tue, Mar 3, 2009, 7:51 am) re: disappearing ethernet card (gewg_: Tue, Mar 3, 2009, 10:54 am) re: disappearing ethernet card (jack hall: Tue, Mar 3, 2009, 11:43 am) re: disappearing ethernet card (gewg_: Tue, Mar 3, 2009, 12:50 pm) re: disappearing ethernet card (jack hall: Wed, Mar 4, 2009, 10:12 am) re: disappearing ethernet card (jack hall: Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 3:08 pm) re: disappearing ethernet card (gewg_: Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 4:38 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum