Firewall in XP

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P.A.T.

My grandson uses Win XP (I use Win ME). He would like to
know if XP has a Firewll as part of his OS? If so how to
make it go.
Would it be better to get a separate one like NIS?? Tks in
advance. P.A.T.
 
P.A.T. said:
My grandson uses Win XP (I use Win ME). He would like to
know if XP has a Firewll as part of his OS? If so how to
make it go.
Would it be better to get a separate one like NIS?? Tks in
advance. P.A.T.
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Yes, it does have a built in firewall, but it's much better to install a
separate one. You can choose between a free one, such as Zonealarm, or a
paid version, such as Norton Internet Security (which also includes Norton
Anti-virus) or Norton Personal Firewall (firewall only). I use NIS and it
works very well. It can also block adds and pop-up windows and is easy to
set up/configure. You can find the built in firewall in the network settings
through the control panel.
 
Greetings --

WinXP's built-in firewall is fine at stopping incoming attacks, and
hiding all of your ports from probes. It doesn't give you any alarms
to tell you that it is working, though. What WinXP also does not do,
is protect you from any Trojans or spyware that you might download and
install inadvertently. It doesn't monitor out-going traffic at all,
much less block (or at least ask you about) the bad or the
questionable out-going packets.

To enable the built-in firewall, Start > Network Connections >
Right-click the connection > Properties > Advanced > Protect my
computer.....

ZoneAlarm or Sygate are much better, and there are a free versions
available. Personally, I've been very happy with Symantec's Norton
Internet Security 2002 (NIS 2004 is now available), which includes
Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal Firewall, parental controls, privacy
controls, and ad blocking. (Just the elimination of most pop-up ads
on the Internet made the price worth-while to me.)


Bruce Chambers

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