Re: Firewall

From: Inge Wallumrød (ingewall@online.no)
Date: 08/31/02


From: "Inge Wallumrød" <ingewall@online.no>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 16:09:11 GMT

Buy the Norton Internet Securoty 2002 - it works great on my XP Pro
computers. The Microsoft firewall is good - but does not protect you 100%.

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Inge Wallumroed
Oslo, Norway
Mobile Solution Advisor
Projects & Business Development dept.
www.eterra.no  www.merkantildata.com
"John" <jstec1@aol.com> wrote in message
news:aa7b01c25106$4b041e90$35ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA11...
> i am in the process of upgrading to a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
> computer. I plan to get a cable modem and Office XP
> Standard for Students and Teachers. The salesperson at my
> local computer store suggested I purchase Norton Internet
> Securuty 2002 ($69.00) for a firewall. In checking the
> Microsoft site I found that Office XP comes with a
> firewall. My salesperson told me that his experience was
> that the firewall that comes with Office XP is "very basic
> and will not protect me from hackers. What am I to believe?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
> jstec1@aol.com


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