Re: Best Free Firewall Virus

Robert <noone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm looking for the best free firewall and virus software out there for
> Windows XP. And NO I do not want to use the XP built in firewall. Hell
> M$ can't even make a good operating system, why should I trust them to
> protect it?

Then you should not run Windows any more, if you're not trusting in it,
because no "firewall" will be able to protect from the code in Windows'
kernel. This is impossible already in theory.

But of course there are many other operating systems in the wild. Just
choose one.

Yours,
VB.
--
Netzwerkgrundlagen anhand Windows lernen zu wollen ist doch wie seine
ersten sexuellen Erfahrungen mit einer Prostituierten zu sammlen: Die
Leidenschaft fehlt, das wirklich Wichtige lernt man dabei nicht, und die
Chance sich einen Schädling einzufangen ist hoch. (Lukas Graf in d.c.s.m)
.

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