I put together a website on a Linux machine using a VPS. I am not sure if this can be done on a home machine but there is a technique that makes it impossible to hack. Prior to that you needed to use the 30+ character password technique. I used this impenetrable method only once with some help from the experts on a php site but it certainly gave me piece of mind. That was over 3 years ago. I can't remember the name for the technique but I would remember it if I saw it. It eliminated the need for a fire wall if I remember correctly. I would have to go back to all my notes for a while to refresh my memory on all this (Not a priority at the moment).

Of course a virus picked up from software you download is a different animal. One of my former friends (a computer department manager at one point) use to believe that the anti-virus companies actually create the viruses (or some of them). I can't speak to that but I would not be all that surprised. It would be very hard to prove.

Last edited by bowlesj; 06/05/18 10:55 AM.
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