Not trying to ride your coat tails, Xanex, but I just want to say a few words.
a router:
1. connection sharing for mutiple computers
2. for dsl users to keep an open connection without the use of an access manager program
3. a firewall...(which wont stop what you allow, like p2p)
I couldn`t put it in words the same way as Xanex did.
I`ve downloaded 100, 000`s of files..(literally) with p2p programs. All in a time span of 3 years, on this computer.
And in that time i`ve never had to reformat, or had any serious problems, due to good anti-virus, scanning programs, and common sence...
And once again....people that dont actually use the programs, shouldn`t be giving advice
