How much of a security hole is File and printer sharing enabled?

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Well I've been suspecting that someone has broken into my computer for a while now... Some songs got deleted and I can't find another explanation why that could've happened. (can anyone?) Anyway I just noticed that File and Printer sharing under my connection properties is enabled. How much of a security hole is that? Can people use it to get into my pc somehow although I have ZoneAlarm firewall on high settings? Thanks!
 
As long as you prevent the networking ports (135-137) from being opened to the internet, you won't have an exploitable security hole from file and printer sharing.

I am assuming that the rest of your network is secure and people can't just hook into the wireless portion of your router.

If someone wanted to break into your computer, they wouldn't announce it by deleting files.
 
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