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| 309405 | 2005-01-01 02:05:00 | I have just got a new pc with XP home ed. I have yet to install the sevice pack 2 but when I do is the firewall that comes on it good enough? or should I also install a free one like zone alarm as well to be safe? Susie |
susievb (4439) | ||
| 309406 | 2005-01-01 02:14:00 | install a decent one regaurdless. if you havn't got one on disk then make sure the MS one is running before going onto the net, otherwise you will be infected rather quickly. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 309407 | 2005-01-01 03:11:00 | install a decent one regaurdless. if you havn't got one on disk then make sure the MS one is running before going onto the net, otherwise you will be infected rather quickly. That is scaremongering ROT! |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 309408 | 2005-01-01 03:15:00 | Specifically what is rot, Baldy? | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 309409 | 2005-01-01 03:20:00 | bollocks baldy. with the amount of ifected pc's still on the net, a stock standard windows install will be infected within minutes (as tested by a few websites if you care to look). going by the amount hitting my firewall at the moment which is a least 1 every 2 minutes i would say it still holds true. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 309410 | 2005-01-01 03:21:00 | That is scaremongering ROT!How? It is quite true if you go onto the net with a freshly installed XP OS (no security patches applied yet) without at least XP's inbuilt firewall activated you run the risk of getting infected reasonably fast. This is particularly so when the blaster worm was at its peak in circulation. XP's built in firewall only stops incoming connections, so it is not as good as third party programs which monitor out-going connections. This is particularly handy if you get infected by a worm/trojan that wants to call home, as the firewall often provides the first clue of the infection when an unusual application/process requests access to the internet. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 309411 | 2005-01-01 04:56:00 | Once you've got your firewall configured it's a good idea to disable XP's built in one | Greg (193) | ||
| 309412 | 2005-01-01 05:05:00 | I still stick by my belief that a firewall (for the average user) is unneccessary. We live in a paranoid world I know, but come on, how many computers are going to get invaded. | Baldy (26) | ||
| 309413 | 2005-01-01 05:14:00 | Have you got Windows XP, Baldy? If so, I challenge you to turn off the Windows firewall and any third party firewall, if you have one, carry on with your normal internet useage and let us know how long it takes for your computer to go down. ;) | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 309414 | 2005-01-01 05:50:00 | The average time it takes for a Windows (possibly XP) installation to be infected when going out on the internet without any security at all is about four minutes now. If you watch the incoming connection attempts on an XP computer connected directly to the internet, you'll notice a lot, if not most, of the connections will be made to port 135. There is no use for port 135 over a wide-area network except for worms and such malware. |
agent (30) | ||
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