Re: Firewall Problem

From: Steve (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:13:41 -0700

If you are running a software firewall...you should get
rid of it and get a hardware firewall. (Linksys was
$39.99 at Besbuy on sale last week) Software firewalls
can be taken over by viruses, trojans, spyware, etc.
After you get the hardware firewall, uninstall the
software firewall because they will conflict with each
other. I agree with not using your email address on
newsgroups. If you really want to use your email address,
use something like username@REMOVECAPS@hotmail.com so you
dont get spam

>-----Original Message-----
>It's really more of an AOL problem - they use
proprietary everything and
>don't Play Nice With the Other Kids. You can't use most
software firewalls
>with AOL, as far as I know (I know ICF won't work).
>
>If you can, get a broadband router/firewall to replace
your existing
>router/gateway device - and let it handle your security.
NetGear FR114P is
>nice and cheap but there are many others -
>
>Note - posting your valid e-mail address in a newsgroup
post, or in your
>news account settings, is a surefire way to get spam and
SWEN and other
>viruses sent to you....see
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm for help
>in the future, but note that now that your address is
out there, there's not
>much you can do other than changing your address.
>
>wrote:
>> I am running Windows XP, have cable modem, also have a
>> router and am running a firewall on my desktop pc. I
have
>> aol for my email. When I have the firewall turned on I
>> can not access my aol. Any suggestions as to what to do
>> to fix this problem will be appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
>.
>

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