Hackers are out there scanning the Internet for opportunities.
If your business or personal information is kept on the machine, it is vulnerable. Traditional modems aren't connected long enough for a hacker to weasel onto a machine remotely. Network ICE's BlackICE is personal firewall software that acts as a buffer between your system and long-fingered hackers in the Internet world. This software is remarkably simple to use. Hackers target computers by scanning for Internet Protocol addresses across the Internet.