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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>> Jane,<BR>
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> If you leave your computer on all the time and connected to the internet thru <BR>
> a phone line, than a friend can check your computer address while at your <BR>
> home.<BR>
> They can then connect to your computer from a remote site.<BR>
> This happened to my neighbor just after I sold him a used Mac.<BR>
> He blamed it on the Mac instead of his so-called friend who screwed his system <BR>
> up.<BR>
> I had to fix it twice before he finally stopped his friend from using Mac.<BR>
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> Gil<BR>
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Gil, I use a cable modem. My Mac is on all the time, but not connected to the net.<BR>
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Jane<BR>
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On Dec 7, 2005, at 18:10, Jane Sprando wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">How can you tell if your computer has been invaded or hacked into?<BR>
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Jane<BR>
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