Windows XP Firewall Icon

[Bruce Olson]

Is there any way to have the firewall icon displayed on the system tray when
the firewall is 'on'. I have encountered the situation where the firewall
was turned off along with the notification which led to viruses and the like
being allowed on the system.
A 'firewall on' icon would be great.

Thanks

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I have never heard of such though if Security Center is enabled it should
warn you if the Windows Firewall is disabled if set to default values.

Having said that the Windows Firewall can protect against worms trying to
attack your computer but is not meant to protect your computer from viruses
and spyware. You need a good antivirus and spyware protection program to do
that which is set to auto protect mode. AVG offers a free for personal use
antivirus program and http://pack.google.com offers an excellent free
version of Spyware Doctor.

Steve

http://free.grisoft.com/ --- AVG free antivirus
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wscintro.mspx
--- Windows Security Center

 

[Guest]

HI,
And remember, windows firewall can by disabled by usual trojeans and worms.
Do not use it like that, u need at least one antivir soft for your problem.
Try enything, but do not let all the work on firewall.

good day

 

[Bruce Olson]

Thanks for the info.
Some 'malware' turned off all notification (Firewall, Virus Protection,
AutoUpdates) so you would need to launch the security center to see the
firewall etc. status.


I found a great little (freeware/shareware) program XPFireMon which sits in
the system tray and provides info on the state of the firewall.

Bruce