At 11:32 PM -0700 on 7/30/05, Randy B.Singer wrote: >Viruses don't show up on their own via the Internet, you have to do >something on the Internet to open the door for them. However, hackers >can try to get into your computer via broadband without you doing much of >anything. (A firewall will foil them.) Just visiting Web sites using a >browser in VPC opens you up to adware and spyware. Does this include visiting sites like Microsoft itself? I use VPC to run QuickBooks. I don't use e-mail on VPC and the only Internet sites I visit are QuickBooks Update, Windows Update and Norton Internet Security Update (Live Update). Am I vulnerable? David