>>Maybe you should take a look at a firewall. I've started using ZoneAlarm 2.0.
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>Probably, do you have Win2000? BTW, I use my home computer as a server. Check the forum link in my sig (if you haven't already), so don't I want people accessing my computer?

Not on W2K yet. Soon, I hope. You may want people accessing your server, but only those services that are allowed to access it. You'd be surprised about all the other things you don't even know about peeking and poking around!