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Multiple Firewalls
Ken and Drew. Here's my 2 cents about Windows Firewall. I noticed after I
removed my 3rd party firewall (CA Security Suite) that EVERYTHING runs faster BUT both my Avira and Spyware Doctor are catching lots more junk now than they ever did. Almost 2-3 infections every day. Does this mean Windows firewall is not catching stuff as effectively as CA? I don't know. The only way to tell would be to re-install CA and see if the incident rate drops again. Thanks for your thoughts..........Paul C. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:42:05 -0500, "Paul Calcagno" wrote: Drew, any more detail as to why WinXP firewall is so useless? Paul C. Just to give you another point of view, I, and many others, disagree that it's useless. I think it's fine. I used to be convinced that the XP firewall was greatly inferior to third-party ones because the XP firewall monitors incoming traffic, but does nothing to stop spyware programs trying to call home. I no longer feel that way. Although there's truth in that statement, from a practical standpoint it doesn't matter. Once the spyware program has infected you, it can get around restrictions on trying to call home anyway. "Drew" wrote in message ... The built in firewall in xp is worse than useless as opposed to win vista or win 7.. There are many free firewalls that work well with xp (comodo and zonealarm to name 2) http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/ http://download.cnet.com/ZoneAlarm/3...-10039884.html "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... Do you happen do know the command for the Advanced Firewall settings in Win XP. I tried `wf.msc' on my wife's WinXP computer and it doesn't work. Paul C. "??ç?l" wrote in message ... Hello Paul, "Do not use more than one firewall, 2 or more is a sure way to hit trouble, just as with AntiViru's." The built-in Windows firewall is just as good as any third-party firewall. There are two interfaces for Vistas built-in firewall: 1) A simplified one accessed through the Control Panel that is the only one most people see. 2) And the more advanced "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WF.msc)," accessed via the Start Menu's Administrative Tools folder, for the experienced user who wants better control. -=- http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wfintro.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/security/firewalls/faq.aspx -=- "Paul Calcagno" wrote: I'm running Vista Home Premium SP2, 2 GB RAM, SAS, MBAM, CA (California Associates) AV (e-mail scanning disabled); Avira AV/Update scheduler, CCleaner, and Windows Firewall, WLM on an Acer Aspire Desktop machine. The system is running just great, however, I've always wondered why I need both the CA and the Windows firewall running at the same time. In CA I can create a list of website that are allowed thru the firewall, but I'm not sure if I can do that with Windows firewall. Is it OK to disable the CA firewall permanently? Is there a way to specify what is allowed thru the Windows firewall. And lastly, should I just uninstall the whole CA suite altogether? Thanks in advance..........Paul C. . -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |