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after finally crossing over to broadband the installer recommended I buy a firewall. After purchasing nortons and trying to install a message came up that I had to uninstall my vet program and disconnect my windows xp firewall
does windows xp professional have a firewall
 
Julie;
Yes, Windows XP Home and Pro have a firewall.
Follow this to disable ICF:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673

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julie said:
after finally crossing over to broadband the installer recommended
Click to expand...
I buy a firewall. After purchasing nortons and trying to install a
message came up that I had to uninstall my vet program and disconnect
my windows xp firewall
 
Julie: Do a Google for ZoneAlarm, it is free and a very good one.
julie said:
after finally crossing over to broadband the installer recommended I buy
Click to expand...
a firewall. After purchasing nortons and trying to install a message came
up that I had to uninstall my vet program and disconnect my windows xp
firewall
 
Greetings --

WinXP's built-in firewall is fine at stopping incoming attacks, and
hiding 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.

ZoneAlarm, Kerio, or Sygate are all much better, and are much more
easily configured, and there are a free versions of each readily
available. Even Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall is superior by
far, although it does take a heavier toll of performance then do
ZoneAlarm, Kerio, or Sygate.


Bruce Chambers

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julie said:
after finally crossing over to broadband the installer recommended
Click to expand...
I buy a firewall. After purchasing nortons and trying to install a
message came up that I had to uninstall my vet program and disconnect
my windows xp firewall
 
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