Windows Firewall

[Patty]

I just installed Windows SP2 and was wondering if I should leave the Windows
firewall enabled? I have Norton Internet Security installed on my WinXP
machine and was wondering if I had them both enabled, if it would cause
conflicts??

Thanx,

Patty

 

[Guest]

Conflicts? Probably. Turn the Windows Firewall off.

 

[chuck]

why use a poor excuse for a firewall ,when you have norton
internet security....

 

[Rock]

I just installed Windows SP2 and was wondering if I should leave the Windows
firewall enabled? I have Norton Internet Security installed on my WinXP
machine and was wondering if I had them both enabled, if it would cause
conflicts??

Thanx,

Patty

No real reason to run both. Since XP's doesn't monitor out boound
traffic go with Norton's.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I just installed Windows SP2 and was wondering if I should leave
the
Windows firewall enabled? I have Norton Internet Security
installed
on my WinXP machine and was wondering if I had them both
enabled, if
it would cause conflicts??

You'll find those with different points on view on this. Here's
mine: don't run two firewalls. You achieve no extra protection,
you incur the extra overhead of running two firewalls, and you
run the risk (probably small, but not zero) of conflicts between
them.



The Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Almost any
third-party firewall will also monitor outbound traffic, stopping
rogue programs trying to call home, and is a better choice.