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Posted by Ted Zieglar on January 9, 2006, 9:25 am
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Not to worry. Just because it's the last icon to appear in the tray doesn't
mean that it's the last program to load. The firewall itself loads very
early in the boot process. It's the GUI (graphical user interface - the part
of the program you can see) that loads later.
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Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am running Windows XP security pack 2 with a DSL modem. I am currently
> using Norton Personal Firewall. I notice when my computer first starts
up,
> Norton Firewall is the last icon to appear on the right hand side of my
> taskbar, leading me to believe it must be the last program that loads into
> memory.
>
> My question is- is there a risk that someone could hack into my computer
> from the time that Windows first loads until the delayed time when Norton
> Firewall loads? Or are all of my ports closed off somehow until the
Firewall
> program loads?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
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