xp home firewall

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The firewall is installed and has been working for about 1 year. Have SpyBot
and other programs to keep system as clean a possible. About 2 weeks ago I
noticed the windows firewall stopped working. It is installed with all the
correct settings but it does not seem to be working. Computer runing slow and
router is recording outgoing activity when nothing is happening.

Question can it be removed and reinstalled.
 
get a better one, that monitors both outgoing and incoming traffic, zone alarm
and kerio are both good, and ZA is free. just turn off the alerts, and read
up on what programs should be asking for internet access.
 
whatever said:
The firewall is installed and has been working for about 1 year. Have SpyBot
and other programs to keep system as clean a possible. About 2 weeks ago I
noticed the windows firewall stopped working. It is installed with all the
correct settings but it does not seem to be working. Computer runing slow and
router is recording outgoing activity when nothing is happening.

Question can it be removed and reinstalled.
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The XP Firewall protects against incoming intrusions only. It does
not do anything about malware that has gotten past your protections,
installed itself onto your computer, and is now phoning home.

Get a "second opinion" on your computer by doing a free online scan at
one of the following free sites:
Bit Defender http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Kaspersky Online Scanner http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Panda ActiveScan http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan
WindowSecurity.com TrojanScan http://windowssecurity.com/trojanscan
Webroot http://www.webroot.com/

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
Have disabled the Windows firewall on all of our computers (14) and installed
COMODO and not to our suprise we discovered all sorts of junk running that
the antivirus and spyware programs did not find. MS should just trash their
antivirus program and buy one for a different vendor.

Is the firewall in Vista the same ?
 
whatever said:
Have disabled the Windows firewall on all of our computers (14) and installed
COMODO and not to our suprise we discovered all sorts of junk running that
the antivirus and spyware programs did not find. MS should just trash their
forewall program and buy one for a different vendor.

Is the firewall in Vista the same ?
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whatever said:
Have disabled the Windows firewall on all of our computers (14) and installed
COMODO and not to our suprise we discovered all sorts of junk running that
the antivirus and spyware programs did not find. MS should just trash their
firewall program and buy one for a different vendor. It seems we are slowly replaceing most Microsoft products. Goldmine - no more MS office. Open office no need for any MS office product. The time and cost to keep the MS products running clean is out of control.

Is the firewall in Vista the same ?
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whatever said:
Have disabled the Windows firewall on all of our computers (14) and
installed
COMODO and not to our suprise we discovered all sorts of junk running that
the antivirus and spyware programs did not find. MS should just trash
their
antivirus program and buy one for a different vendor.

Is the firewall in Vista the same ?
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Sorry but your post makes no sense. Disabling the XP firewall and
installing a 3rd party firewall has not impact on the presences of "junk
running". What MS anti-virus program? Are you talking about - One Care?

Vista's firewall has been extensively reworked. If you want more info on it
post to a Vista newsgroup such as microsoft.public.windows.vista.security.
 
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