[AccessD] OT: DSL/IIS/Viruses

List,

A while back I got a DSL connection on my home office PC which I occasionally use for web development using Personal Web Server (Win 9x/ME version of IIS).  I was advised by our staff network person NOT to run PWS after the DSL was up because I'd be succeptable to attacks and viruses.  Does anyone know if this is true?  I have not run PWS in a couple of months and have been using a disconnected laptop to write ASP code but I'm wondering if this is necessary.  Would I need to install a firewall if I want to run PWS?

Thanks,

Jim DeMarco


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