Which firewall do you recommend?

[Linda]

Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
recommend another firewall?
I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an answer.
Thanks in advance!

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Linda,

The native firewall is ok, but only catched incoming traffic. It does =
not monitor outgoing traffic (which can help catch trojans, spyware, =
etc.). It does do a good job of blocking unwanted incoming traffic =
though.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Linda" > wrote in message =
...
> Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
> recommend another firewall?
> I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an =
answer.
> Thanks in advance!
>=20
>

[Linda]

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Thank you's to both of you for the help. I really appreciate it.
"Linda" > wrote in message
...
Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
recommend another firewall?
I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an answer.
Thanks in advance!

[HentaiPockyStick]

I would like to also recommend ZoneAlarm, it is not only easy to use, but
actually resource friendly than most Firewalls out there, also the free
pop-up blocker that comes w/it is also cool.

"Linda" > wrote in message
...
> Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
> recommend another firewall?
> I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an
answer.
> Thanks in advance!

[W????n S.]

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
Hi Linda,

The native firewall is ok, but only catched incoming traffic. It does not
monitor outgoing traffic (which can help catch trojans, spyware, etc.). It
does do a good job of blocking unwanted incoming traffic though.

(insert)
Hey "Nutcase",
Why would trojans be such a big deal if a person has a decent AV? I use
Avast by the way. Don't like Norton either. In fact, I stay away from
mainstream any time I can.
Seems as though Adware and spybot would do a good job with the
spyware.................?

Personally, What goes out of my computer is less of a problem to me then
what I don't want coming in.

I just use the XP firewall. I have had some bad experiences with the big
ZA................

Check it out though Linda. To each thier own..........

Regards

WS



--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Linda" > wrote in message
...
> Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
> recommend another firewall?
> I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an
answer.
> Thanks in advance!
>
>

[Linda]

Thanks, I will check them all out.
"W????n S." > wrote in message
.net...

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
Hi Linda,

The native firewall is ok, but only catched incoming traffic. It does not
monitor outgoing traffic (which can help catch trojans, spyware, etc.). It
does do a good job of blocking unwanted incoming traffic though.

(insert)
Hey "Nutcase",
Why would trojans be such a big deal if a person has a decent AV? I use
Avast by the way. Don't like Norton either. In fact, I stay away from
mainstream any time I can.
Seems as though Adware and spybot would do a good job with the
spyware.................?

Personally, What goes out of my computer is less of a problem to me then
what I don't want coming in.

I just use the XP firewall. I have had some bad experiences with the big
ZA................

Check it out though Linda. To each thier own..........

Regards

WS



--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Linda" > wrote in message
...
> Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
> recommend another firewall?
> I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an
answer.
> Thanks in advance!
>
>

[Eric Booth]

"Linda" > wrote in message
...
> Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
> recommend another firewall?
> I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an
answer.
> Thanks in advance!
> Kerio is very good with windows XP. i found it better than Zone Alarm
Eric Booth
>

[the real TOMMY Tutalidge]

None.

Linda wrote:

> Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
> recommend another firewall?
> I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an answer.
> Thanks in advance!

[Unknown]

XP is just fine.
"the real TOMMY Tutalidge" > wrote in message
...
> None.
>
> Linda wrote:
>
> > Is the firewall that came with XP home alright to use, or would you
> > recommend another firewall?
> > I have Norton AV 2003 installed in case this might help giving me an
answer.
> > Thanks in advance!
>