so turn off yer firewall you paranoid schitzo! The way it is, a really good hacker can break into to ANY computer regardless of security measures, so if he finds that a computer has this massive firewall, he's gonna be a little more interewsted. the best way to be safe is to just back everything up once a week or two. I'm in your time zone Syyd. A lot of times wouldnt be a prob, though friday, sunday, tuesday, and thursday nights are the most likely eavaiable times for me. Also, aren't all the chats still snafu?