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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:52:48 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
If so, so is relying on anti-crap.
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Which is precisely the job of a firewall--that and nothing more.
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Steve Riley
steve.riley@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Steve Riley [MSFT]
Strange - I thought the job of a firewall was to keep pestering the user:
"You've clicked on a link from a stranger who promised you naked Russian
tennis players, but might possibly infect your computer instead, do you
really expect to see naked Russian tennis players?"
.... and then expecting the user to pause for a moment's reflection before
clicking "no, not really, I must have been confused".
Anyone who believes that they will answer those questions correctly (and
then will investigate why an unexpected outbound connection was initiated)
might want something like ZoneAlarm.
Alun.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Carey Frisch [MVP]
Windows One Care is a complete piece of garbage.
You can now be considered a spammer for Microsift Products!
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
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| | | | | Post in reply to: AliceZ
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Vista's built-in firewall is perfectly adequate for most people.
While it's not quite up to the ease-of-use standards of Kerio or
ZoneAlarm, it has been noticeably improved over WinXP's version.
There are two interfaces for Vistas built-in firewall:
1) A simplified one accessed through the Control Panel that is the only
one most people see. To further supplement this view, Sphinx's Vista
Firewall Control http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/) is a piece of freeware
that makes the Vista Firewall much more easily manageable to the average
user.
2) And the more advanced "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
(WF.msc), accessed via the Start Menu's Administrative Tools folder, for
the experienced user who wants more granular control.
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Bruce Chambers
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
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| | | | | In article <34EC0591-85B0-4688-90D6-A2A93B1B295E@microsoft.com>,
AliceZ@discussions.microsoft.com says...
The ping is most likely from your router, not your computer. For
example, FiOS routers come with ping response enabled to make it easier
for technicians. It can be turned off.
-bb
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| | | | | Post in reply to: AliceZ
The built in Firewall is fine, I'd strongly recommend using that over
nag-ware like Zone Alarm, which probably isn't any more effective and just
is something else to think about, the build in Firewall just works.
Shields Up is from Steve Gibson (security researcher read: journalist), well
known for not having all screws fully tightened when it comes to this sort
of thing.
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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/
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