Firewall

[Greg Wikle]

Is the Window XP firewall adequate or would it be better to by a 3rd party
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[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

The XP Firewall only protects against incoming attacks. If there are
messages going out from your computer, you accidentally install spyware for
example that tries contacting a server, the XP firewall would not alert you
but a third party firewall that blocks both incoming and outgoing
communications would alert you and most of the free versions of such third
party apps fall into that category.

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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"Greg Wikle" > wrote in message
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