Home user. Since original install, I only installed 5-6 MS patches, never used OE,
seldom used IE 5 (default in W98SE). I always used Netscape with normally
Javascript, images and cookies disabled. I uninstalled OE and never installed
Word or Office. I do a cold boot each day. Since MS changed policy, there have
been no patches for the W98SE/IE 5.01/5.5 combination.

DUN, online for about 8 years, don't (AFAIK) go to "risky" websites. I use
antivirus, adware scanners, they never show much. I use a munged address. *And* I
don't use a firewall.

I keep reading about hackers using a home computer as a spam server. If someone
did that with mine, seems my hard drive activity light would come on, it doesn't.

Question: Haven't had online problems so far. Not using a firewall, am I at
serious risk?

TIA