"StephenB" wrote:

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

Windows firewall in Vista is two way, not one way. What are you actually
getting for your OneCare subscription? In a nut shell, Anti Virus. Vista
already contains a firewall, windows defender and windows defragmenter. What
other options OneCare offers isn't worth having.
That's a legitimate opinion, of course. What OneCare provides is a wrapper for
security and maintenance of a PC that is designed to be simple to use. If you
install a different antivirus product and use either Vista's built-in functions
or 3rd party products and then configure, maintain, and run them regularly, you
don't need OneCare. OneCare should be a set it and forget it application for
tune-up, a/v, antispyware, and firewall.
In addition, while the Vista firewall is two way, it isn't as easy to configure
as the OneCare firewall which is built on the Vista firewall.
-steve
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Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator

Thanks for the information, it was helpfulf. So before the open IE, should I
make sure that Windows Firewall is on? I mean I want to be sure that I get
the protection?
And what about using Norton 360 on top of OneCare and the protection given
by Vista?
Thanks!

"StephenB" wrote:

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

Windows firewall in Vista is two way, not one way. What are you actually
getting for your OneCare subscription? In a nut shell, Anti Virus. Vista
already contains a firewall, windows defender and windows defragmenter. What
other options OneCare offers isn't worth having.
That's a legitimate opinion, of course. What OneCare provides is a wrapper for
security and maintenance of a PC that is designed to be simple to use. If you
install a different antivirus product and use either Vista's built-in functions
or 3rd party products and then configure, maintain, and run them regularly, you
don't need OneCare. OneCare should be a set it and forget it application for
tune-up, a/v, antispyware, and firewall.
In addition, while the Vista firewall is two way, it isn't as easy to configure
as the OneCare firewall which is built on the Vista firewall.
-steve
--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator