do you use "zone alarm?"
No, but I used it for many years. The thing is, no firewall would have protected me. The MS firewall that came with vista did it's job and blocked the port. A game I was playing some weeks earlier asked for the port to be opened, which I did, but I failed to close it after the game. It was the only port I had open. I usually close them all except for my private network which is protected and the internet, so they got through from the game port. They likely scan for it, and I had my e-mail open on the desktop. It's been about 6 months or so. I am not getting anything from my credit monitor, and I closed my bank and investment accounts and changed the numbers. I think they were not quick enough.