Re: Firewall for Laptop

Leythos wrote:
Nope, I have enough to do on my own, running a I.T. Company.

But you're posting on Usenet, so somehow your point is not that
convincing. :-)

I don't trust Windows Firewall because users can install software that
reconfigured it without their knowing about it.
Bull***. Members of the Users group don't have any privilege to modify
the Windows Firewall settings.

LOL, and just how many of those Windows computer, in the group of people
we're talking about, are running as a local User?

Without the entire discussion about this point is useless and Personal
Firewalls are no way different.

But, in most cases, a home user, behind a NAT Appliance, can
wipe/reinstall XP and run for ages without being compromised - the same
isn't true of those without the NAT appliance.

A NAT device doesn't stop them from downloading warez and installing the
malware directly or browsing the web with the WindowsUpdate client
(MSIE). This is the most common cause of malware infection today.
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