>Ray can you have your Macs checked for virus? Then if you need to >have the filesharing between your Macs, so you cant have system >firewalls on, a physical router/hardware firewall might be an >alternative, though I definitely feel that is overkill when you only >connect occasionally to Internet by a modem. > speaking of modems, is yours set to "auto answer"? if so, turn that *off*. b -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * William Scammell Creative Director williamscammell@ cell 781-956-3548 idesignofboston.com fax 973-215-4549 http://www.idesignofboston.com provides graphic, advertising, and web site design services. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *