Re: Win xp sp2 firewall

On Mar 18, 8:08 am, Leythos <V...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:16:05 -0400, Laura25 wrote:
Hi,

Could you tell me if win xp sp2 firewall is good enough to protect my
computer. I have use in the past Zone Alarm but it just slow dowm way to
much my computer.

Thanks for your advice

Windows XP SP2 fireall is the last resort - it has one serious flaw - if
you run as a local administrator, and most people do, it allows programs
and services to create holes (exceptions) in it. Also, if you normally
share files/printers, it will default to allowing File/Printer sharing,
which also greatly exposes you.

I consider XP Sp2 firewall to be about worthless in most settings unless
you run as a limited user, check for exceptions and remove all of them,
and check this daily.

I've seen machines where the users have been compromised many times using
XP SP2 firewall that switched to ZAP and were not compromised again.

--
Leythos
spam999f...@xxxxxxxxxx (remove 999 for proper email address)

Microsoft would have a lot less security problems if people would stop
running as admins. I really doubt if that is going to happen anytime
soon. People tend to be resistant to change unless change is forced on
them.

.

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