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Can Vonage allow viruses to get through?
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kilgore65
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Joined: Mar 28, 2005
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Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:13 pm
Post subject: Can Vonage allow viruses to get through?
I am new to
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and had to go through some major installation changes last night after some internet outages. Basically had to sway cables around and change the connection from my computer to digital modem (removing the USB cable connection). Well this morning, my computer would barely boot up and failed to even recognize Windows. The entire partition with Windows on it is not being recognized. I'm wondering if all the stuff going on with
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possibly allowed a virus or trojan to get through? I'm not running a firewall on the router, with is the Linksys RT...
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Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:17 pm
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no idea what happened, especially with such a lack of detail, but while routers are firewalls, it's still possible to download something malicious or open an infected email.
but it's hard to say what the problem is without more info.
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kilgore65
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what information do you need?
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