Re: Why you should use a firewall on Win98

From: bassbag (bassbag_at_bodybags.dragon.wales)
Date: 03/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:14:13 -0000

In article <kk5931pbficoeo45hrco9r6his9vbtm5ob@4ax.com>,
connected@somewhere.here says...
>
>I could go on posting this stuff for hours but I think my point is
proven already.<

I totally agree with you.A trojan doesnt care what operating system you
have or what connection you have.It amuses me that many of the anti-
application firewall brigade says you shouldnt need an out bound
filtering firewall or indeed any firewall, because by being careful you
wont get infected to stop any malware getting out.They then go on to
recommend AVs/adware progs etc that the "security conscious" should have
(mmmm seems a bit double standard there....why have an AV /adware prog if
your that careful anyway? ).And most amusing of all is they usually
recommend the worst possible AV.Of course my experience means nothing to
the security perfect here , but most people i know including myself (many
moons ago as a newbie) have been infected by a trojan , and its been the
firewall in many instances that has detected it and not the AV.Of course
perfect security conscious people dont get malware (though with no
outbound filtering and possibly a crap AV , i doubt theyd even know if
they had).Its true certain malware can circumvent firewalls.But its also
true that certain malware can circumvent AVs and adware progs.So is that
a reason not to use them?.To quote an old saying.." in the land of the
blind , the one eyed man is king"
me

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