Comments on: Windows Firewall Online Protection : Secure Your Computer

By: made_aware

made_aware — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:57:08 +0000

Mainstream review sites have underestimated the capabilities of the Windows firewall….this may be true in many of Xp’s variants. Windows Xp even has this integrated firewall and ICS(internet connection sharing)….the author did not state clearly what variant of Windows Xp he ever referred to!!! My suggestion…….GET A THIRD PARTY FIREWALL………the Windows incumbent firewall may be disabled via… start ….. right click “my computer”…. choose manage……..expand “services”……….right click Windows Firewall/Internet Connection……”start up type” should be set to “disabled”—–after all it prompts and explains why two firewalls are not recommended!!!

By: melissa beaton

melissa beaton — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:42:21 +0000

i was just wondering if there was any way to unblock programs on the computers that the school has blocked from the computers

By: Quick Online Tips » Norton Internet Security : Unblock Programs Internet Access

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:53:34 +0000

[...] Norton Internet Security 2005 has an effective firewall. This is in addition to the Windows firewall. Firewalls monitors and restricts information that travels between your computer and a network or the Internet and provides a line of defense against someone who might try to access your computer from outside the Firewall without your permission. In this case the windows firewall was disabled and Norton Firewall was the main one. [...]