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NAV2010 and WinXP Firewall
I run NAV2010, but not NIS2010. I was wondering how WinXP's Firewall
would work with Nav2010? Is anyone running this combination and could provide some insights? And also, so possible settings for WinXP's Firewall. Thanks for any input! charliec |
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NAV2010 and WinXP Firewall
Uh, wow, where've you been??
Actually Norton ANTIVIRUS (NOT Internet security or 360 products), have for several years now automatically DISABLED or TURNED OFF the Windows Firewall. Even just the Antivirus software has protection that is better than WIndows Firewall, which really cannot even be called a BASIC firewall - really bad terminology - but in any case, Norton Antivirus, while it does not contain an actual software firewall, DOES provide the same type of protection that W.F. provides, but better, so it automatically turns it off. In around 2006 it started ASKING and recommending during the installation that you let it turn off the firewall, now it just does it by default in most instances that I have seen, and I install NAV on over a hundred computers at week where I work. (Referring to XP now, not positive about what it does on Vista). It's always best to research a topic before posting such a misleading comment and make it sound like it's a fact. Hence, NAV and W.F. WILL INTERACT whatsoever! "Bruce Chambers" wrote: wrote: I run NAV2010, but not NIS2010. I was wondering how WinXP's Firewall would work with Nav2010? Is anyone running this combination and could provide some insights? And also, so possible settings for WinXP's Firewall. Thanks for any input! charliec This is sort of asking if oranges and apples sitting in the same fruit bowl will some how turn into "orples" or "apparnges." NAV10 is an anti-virus application and the Windows Firewall is, well, a firewall. The two won't interact, at all. Also, there are virtually no settings, other than allowing specified applications to access your computer from remote sites. WinXP's built-in firewall is usually adequate at stopping incoming attacks, and hiding your ports from probes. What WinXP SP2's firewall does not do, is protect you from any Trojans or spyware that you (or someone else using your computer) might download and install inadvertently. It doesn't monitor out-going traffic at all, other than to check for IP-spoofing, much less block (or at even ask you about) the bad or the questionable out-going signals. It assumes that any application you have on your hard drive is there because you want it there, and therefore has your "permission" to access the Internet. Further, because the Windows Firewall is a "stateful" firewall, it will also assume that any incoming traffic that's a direct response to a Trojan's or spyware's out-going signal is also authorized. ZoneAlarm or Kerio (as just two examples - there are other free personal firewalls available) much better than WinXP's built-in firewall, and are much more easily configured, and there are free versions of each readily available. Even the commercially available Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall is superior by far, although it does take a heavier toll of system performance then do ZoneAlarm or Kerio. Having said that, it's important to remember that firewalls and anti-virus applications, which should always be used and should always be running, while important components of "safe hex," cannot, and should not be expected to, protect the computer user from him/herself. Ultimately, it is incumbent upon each and every computer user to learn how to secure his/her own computer. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot . |
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NAV2010 and WinXP Firewall
It sounds like you understand neither.
What do you think a firewall protects you from? How about an antivirus program? How do these relate? If an AV application "turns off" my firewall when I install it, it better be just temporary or that application is outta there. "EnforcerMJ" wrote in message ... Uh, wow, where've you been?? Actually Norton ANTIVIRUS (NOT Internet security or 360 products), have for several years now automatically DISABLED or TURNED OFF the Windows Firewall. Even just the Antivirus software has protection that is better than WIndows Firewall, which really cannot even be called a BASIC firewall - really bad terminology - but in any case, Norton Antivirus, while it does not contain an actual software firewall, DOES provide the same type of protection that W.F. provides, but better, so it automatically turns it off. In around 2006 it started ASKING and recommending during the installation that you let it turn off the firewall, now it just does it by default in most instances that I have seen, and I install NAV on over a hundred computers at week where I work. (Referring to XP now, not positive about what it does on Vista). It's always best to research a topic before posting such a misleading comment and make it sound like it's a fact. Hence, NAV and W.F. WILL INTERACT whatsoever! "Bruce Chambers" wrote: wrote: I run NAV2010, but not NIS2010. I was wondering how WinXP's Firewall would work with Nav2010? Is anyone running this combination and could provide some insights? And also, so possible settings for WinXP's Firewall. Thanks for any input! charliec This is sort of asking if oranges and apples sitting in the same fruit bowl will some how turn into "orples" or "apparnges." NAV10 is an anti-virus application and the Windows Firewall is, well, a firewall. The two won't interact, at all. Also, there are virtually no settings, other than allowing specified applications to access your computer from remote sites. WinXP's built-in firewall is usually adequate at stopping incoming attacks, and hiding your ports from probes. What WinXP SP2's firewall does not do, is protect you from any Trojans or spyware that you (or someone else using your computer) might download and install inadvertently. It doesn't monitor out-going traffic at all, other than to check for IP-spoofing, much less block (or at even ask you about) the bad or the questionable out-going signals. It assumes that any application you have on your hard drive is there because you want it there, and therefore has your "permission" to access the Internet. Further, because the Windows Firewall is a "stateful" firewall, it will also assume that any incoming traffic that's a direct response to a Trojan's or spyware's out-going signal is also authorized. ZoneAlarm or Kerio (as just two examples - there are other free personal firewalls available) much better than WinXP's built-in firewall, and are much more easily configured, and there are free versions of each readily available. Even the commercially available Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall is superior by far, although it does take a heavier toll of system performance then do ZoneAlarm or Kerio. Having said that, it's important to remember that firewalls and anti-virus applications, which should always be used and should always be running, while important components of "safe hex," cannot, and should not be expected to, protect the computer user from him/herself. Ultimately, it is incumbent upon each and every computer user to learn how to secure his/her own computer. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot . |
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