If you have a 24-7 broadband Internet connection, you probably know that firewalls are essential to protecting your Windows 95, 98 or Me system from malicious attacks. But what if you dial in to the Internet from a stand-alone Windows 95, 98, or Me system via a 56K modem? You might still need to be concerned with protecting your system.
Hidden in your system is an API that could be jeopardising your computer's security when you're connected to the Internet. If this API, called NetBIOS, is bound to the TCP/IP protocol (the protocol that you use to connect to the Internet), you're leaving your computer wide open to a potential attack.
In this article, I'll introduce you to this NetBIOS problem and show you how you can quickly eliminate this security hole for stand-alone Windows 95, 98 and Me systems. As I do, I'll provide you with some sources for additional information on this problem.
