does anyone know whether the new improved firewall built into Service Pack 2 will be compatable with AOL 9 software. I currently use Norton Personal Firewall but will uninstall this if the Microsoft offering will give me enough protection

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| does anyone know whether the new improved firewall built into Service Pack 2 will be compatable with AOL 9
software. I currently use Norton Personal Firewall but will uninstall this if the Microsoft offering will give
me enough protection

Greetings --

The new Windows Firewall that comes with Service Pack 2 has been
designed to overcome AOL's deliberate incompatibility with ICF.

Bruce Chambers
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"hodson2704" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> does anyone know whether the new improved firewall built into
Service Pack 2 will be compatable with AOL 9 software. I currently use
Norton Personal Firewall but will uninstall this if the Microsoft
offering will give me enough protection