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Posted by B. Nice on July 15, 2006, 7:21 pm
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:21:53 -0400, FERRANTE
>I recently deleted Trend Micro PC-Cillin which had a firewall built in
>(the folder was over 5 gigs!!! It would not delete the old updates and
>there were over 1000 in there before I happened onto the folder size
>by accident). I have installed Nod32 as my virus-protection. I have a
>router and the firewall that comes with XP. Do I really need a
>software firewall or is the above enough?
You already have a software firewall - the XP one.
>I ran the recently released AOL utility
>(http://www.download.com/AOL-Active-Security-Monitor/3000-2094_4-10559410.html?tag=lst-0-1)
>and it states that my firewall protection is excellent and that is
>without a software firewall.
>
>Your thoughts, please?
You seem to have a very decent protection from threats coming from the
outside. You've also got a decent anti-virus (don't put too much trust
into anti-virus products, though).
You seem to have some important technical defenses in place. The rest
is more or less up to you. Some will claim that you definately need
another personal firewall to also control outgoing connections. I
disagree to that. It does'nt make sense, does'nt work reliably and
therefore also does'nt provide any real security.
Instead be continuosly aware of what you do - and go by the rules
(keep your system patched, don't open e-mail attachments, don't run
questionable programs, don't use IE - or at least use it in a secure
way, don't click yes to anything you bump into.. etc. etc. . the usual
good manners. I guess you know them).
> Also, where do I go to make sure the XP
>firewall is engaged?
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
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