Insecure port

[Freeman A+ CompTIA Certified]

Colin,

I whole heartedly agree with Patrick, get yourself Zone
Alarm (a free software firewall) or Kerio, or Tiny
Personal Firewall (no longer free). The spam is BOGUS
(OMG) (You don't say!?!). Not to worry. A properly
configured (and free) software firewall can close ports
selectively and render your computer *stealth* ....at
least according to Symantec Security Scan and Gibson
Research.

Cheers,
Freeman
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Hi.
>
>I wonder if anyone could point me in the right
direction.
>I have received a SPAM from a company called
>detroyads.com advising me that there is an insecure port
>in XP that they (and anyone else) can access as they
have
>got my internet address. They are trying to get me to
pay
>$25 to buy some software that they sell (surprise
>surprise) which will close this port off.
>
>Is this true ? Is there anything else I can do here to
>protect myself ? How real is the risk ?
>
>If anyone out there could help me to resolve this issue,
>I would really appreciate it.
>
>Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
>Regards
> Colin
>
>
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