[dba-Tech] Re: Virus mail

On 24 Oct 2003 at 11:08, Francisco H Tapia wrote:

> Ruben you said it best "Linksys DSL router", keyword, ROUTER... most
> if not all DSL routers have built in Firewalls in them.  You will
> probably never see a Pop up (net send) message on you pc, even more so
> if you are running Win95/98 because it's a diffrent messaging system
> there.

Depends on which type of pop up you are talking about.

If you are talking about the Windows Messenger popups, then yes a 
router with a firewall should block it. If you are talking about Web 
popups, then firewalled router probably won't do a thing about them.

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