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>1.  Can a hacker break into windows95 even though file & printer
>sharing is disabled, no firewall installed?  If yes, how much damage
>can he do?

Yes, and as much damage as you can imagine, from wiping your drive to
using your system to attack others.

>2.  Can a hacker bypass AtGuard or any other firewall?

Any firewall can be bypassed.  Poorly configured firewalls can be
bypassed easier.

>3.  Is freebee AtGuard any good at stopping hackers?  I mean so called
>script kiddies and the real site busters.  Which firewall is better?

ATGuard works for me (on MediaOne cable...).  I have the paid version.

>4.  I routinely use Sam Spade to identify spammers and report them to
>their ISP, and hopefully nuke their accounts.  With cable modems and
>DSL, I need more firepower to identify hackers.  Is there a utility
>tool, or a web site where I can identify the hacker's site/computer?
>I want a layer of something between me and the hacker's site.

You can look up the registered IP addresses at www.iana.org and do a
whois on the IP as well.

>5.  Would a cable company nuke a subscribers account for complaint of
>hacking?  Dialup ISP's routinely disconnect an account for spamming.
>But, cable companies being more greedy, may think more about losing
>$40-$50 per month fee.  A dialup ISP charges $20, much less.  

MediaOne has a policy to kick hackers off, but there's just another
around the corner.  Plus, the IP you have hitting you may be a system
that was a victim of a hacker, not the hacker itself.

>6.  A bunch of people have put tremendous pressure on ISP's to nuke
>spammer accounts.  What is being done to pressure cable companies to
>nuke hacker accounts?

Similar.

>7.  Would a cable company nuke an account for spamming?  A spammer
>with a one meg cable modem line can dump a lot of junk onto the web by
>relaying his junk through a misconfigured mail server.  AOL just
>nailed some spammer for abusing their system.

Spamming is against the acceptable use policy of my cable provider,
and yes, they nuke them.

Jeff