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   In article ,   
   richwrigREMOVE@tig.com.au says...   
   > I was using a hotel LAN connection with my laptop over four days.   
   > Twice on rebooting my laptop I got a Windows XP warning that the   
   > Windows firewall had been turned off.   
   >   
   > Is this possible by malicious access on a LAN?   
   >   
   My *laptop* from the office has a script that does this...completely   
   disables Win Firewall. No, there's no firewall...don't ask ME   
   why...really stupid!   
      
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