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The others all give great topics. Just make sure u do not
run 2 firewalls(windows and say zonealarm) or they could interfere with each other. -----Original Message----- hi i know this may sound totally thick but i have just bought a new computer on my old one i was running win 98 and had installed a firewall zonealarm. i have now got win xp and activated its firewall. am i safe not to install another or is the built in one enough? . |
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I run Sygate with the built in XP firewall. I had no choice, when I
disabled the XP firewall I keep on getting hack attempts targeting svchost. Sygate blocked them and I configured it to block the traffic from the offending IP for 10 hours. It was just very annoying having that flashing Sygate icon constantly going so I put the XP firewall up as well. The only problem is that my system seems a little slower. I'm talking about dozens of attacks a day all from Verizon IP. I use Verizon and contacted their security and told them of this but it didn't seem to help. I like Sygate because it lets me identify the intruders IP. On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:05:13 -0800, wrote: The others all give great topics. Just make sure u do not run 2 firewalls(windows and say zonealarm) or they could interfere with each other. -----Original Message----- hi i know this may sound totally thick but i have just bought a new computer on my old one i was running win 98 and had installed a firewall zonealarm. i have now got win xp and activated its firewall. am i safe not to install another or is the built in one enough? . ----------------------------------------------------- Gen Your rights end where my rights begin and my rights end where your rights begin. |
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Greetings --
No, you shouldn't run both firewalls. Running two or more software firewalls simultaneously is unnecessary and can sometimes cause conflicts, possibly negating the protection of both. In any event, having two firewalls running simultaneously is most certainly an unnecessary drain on system resources. Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "JanM" wrote in message ... Hi folks, this question could of been asked before, so forgive me for asking again... ) If I have a third party firewall (free version), should I still enable the XP firewall? Thanks in advance for any advice. |
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There is no benefit of using two different firewalls.
Conflicts and error messages could occur. If using a third-party firewall, disable XP's firewall. HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "JanM" wrote in message: ... | Hi folks, | this question could of been asked before, so forgive me for asking again... ) | | If I have a third party firewall (free version), should I still enable the XP firewall? | Thanks in advance for any advice. | |
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