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 panth1The Coyote
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Boca Raton, FL | Just cut them off... I rather see isp's cut users off who are infected with a virus/worm and contributing to the propagation of this virus/worm.
Send everyone an email/post on their website, that there is a worm/virus causing problems and if you don't patch/fix your computer, that has been infected, by X date, you will be cut off.
These companies have plenty of customers and know that people will continue to sign up especially cable and DSL that have limited competition.
If you don't like it, there is always AOL.  Ohh wait I have Road Runner. :P
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ISPs: Road Runner/Powerlink
Current Status: Powerlink
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| Re: Paid Protection Personally, I think the blame is 50 / 50. The ISP, does play some in the matters of how easy or hard it is, for others to move through their networks, while the "user", also plays a part in how secure they make their computer.
Personally, I've got all the windows updates installed, 1 software firewall, 2 anti-virus programs, 3 torjan removers, 6 anit-spyware & anti-adware programs, and finally 1 anti-spam program. As well as I've tweaked my system to the point, where you can't even ping me & all my ports are closed and unneeded / unsecure services, have been turn off.
Yet, through all this & more, I was still hacked into, for 2 months. Was it the isp? As much as a part of me, would be quick to say YES, I am more then sure there are others here, who would say otherwise.
My cure, was simply to change my ip, with did take me all 2 months to do & I have yet, to be hacked again. | |
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