I'm all dial-up connections because I travel a lot, ain't close enough to a phone system at home for DSL, and have had a beef with my local cable provider that reached a peak six years ago when I cut them off and installed a DSS system.

I've had Norton detect viruses and other intrusions sent my way just from opening a webpage. You are more than a casual internet user. Firewall your computer(s). Some of the attacks on PC's are being done by kids wanting to see if they can do it. The rest (for the most part) are being done by people with malice. Put a new condom on your operating system everytime you use it because these are viruses that people want you to catch.

Bob