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Fire Wall?
I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here. Thanks, JD |
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Fire Wall?
A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus program.....download it
now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the first two (sorry, Silj....grin). A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via *open ports*....a firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots) OK?? Heather "JD" wrote in message ... I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here. Thanks, JD |
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Fire Wall?
Thanks
JD -----Original Message----- A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus program.....download it now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the first two (sorry, Silj....grin). A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via *open ports*....a firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots) OK?? Heather "JD" wrote in message ... I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here. Thanks, JD . |
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Fire Wall?
uh, so that would be a "yes" then?
g If you're running through a router that has a hardware firewall on it (as most do) then you don't need a software firewall *as much*, but it's good to have Rick Heather wrote: A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus program.....download it now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the first two (sorry, Silj....grin). A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via *open ports*....a firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots) OK?? Heather "JD" wrote in message ... I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here. Thanks, JD |
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Fire Wall?
uh, so that would be a "yes" then?
g -----Original Message----- If you're running through a router that has a hardware firewall on it (as most do) then you don't need a software firewall *as much*, but it's good to have Rick Heather wrote: A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus program.....download it now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the first two (sorry, Silj....grin). A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via *open ports*....a firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots) OK?? Heather "JD" wrote in message ... I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here. Thanks, JD . |
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Fire Wall?
Yes, you need one. Routers only block incoming, not outgoing traffic. A
good, free one can be found at http://www.sygate.com Alias wrote uh, so that would be a "yes" then? g -----Original Message----- If you're running through a router that has a hardware firewall on it (as most do) then you don't need a software firewall *as much*, but it's good to have Rick Heather wrote: A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus program.....download it now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the first two (sorry, Silj....grin). A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via *open ports*....a firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots) OK?? Heather "JD" wrote in message ... I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here. Thanks, JD . |
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Fire Wall?
"JD" wrote in message
... I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here. One that works very well, and it's free is Zone Alarm Free Zone Alarm - Free http://tinyurl.com/iwhb or http://tinyurl.com/kzq Another very good program to have in addition to SpyBot asn AdAware is SpywareBlaster SpywareBlaster: Free http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html HTH Jan |
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