BlameThePixel!

SP2 makes your computer resemble secure, software that deosnt work with it was not writtenv ery well - and possibly took advantage of lax windows security

It is hooked up to the net on a broadband connection. But this is only used for playing games over the net.

norton antivirus.

if u have router it acts like a firewall itself

Not neccesarly(sp)

I can't explain it though, because I can't remember ATM. Maybe you're right and I'm thinking of something else

i dont have a router. We have one single external modem between three computers.

idiot

We have an external speedtouch broadband modem that runs at 2.2 Mb/s and is connected to the house line of which we have an eclipse broadband service.

Now heres the tricky part. There are three computers and one external modem. When one computer needs to be connected, the modem is attached via the USB hub to that computer and they are able to connect. Only one computer can be on at one time.

We have norton personal firewall too.

Yeh, well one computer is purely for games, another is purely NOT for games, and another is dads private computer on which he is doing a seemingly large MIDI project and so also needs the internet.

However, he will not let us get a router.

thats lunacy, routers are great - they act as a hardware firewall while allowing multiple computers to connect at once.

yes but father thinks it will increase the amount of time I spend on the internet and he dosnt want that.

As if that would ever happen