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Posted by Andrew Rossmann on March 21, 2005, 8:21 am
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axipolti@yahoo.com says...
> Hi,
> Norton AntiVirus turned off my WINXP HOME Firewall because it said it
> conflicts with Nortons Firewall which is used for WORMS? Won't I lose
> out on Security if Norton ONLY uses a firewall for worms?
>
> Should I reactivate it and get rid of Norton AV? Or should I keep
> Norton AV and dectivate the WIN XP Firewall.
The XP firewall is inbound only, and only blocks ports. You don't want
two software firewall running at the same time, or you may have
performance issues, along with other weird problems.
The Norton firewall also blocks inbound ports, but gives you greater
control over what can be allowed, along with control of outgoing
connections.
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