AV and firewall??

sioda · 2008-11-30 19:28:36

So just re installed windows XP and getting back up and running AVG is my AV of choice and just wanted to know is a firewall essential or is the XP one any good. Used to run Comodo but found it was very unstable and the new verion wanted permission to do everything Any and all help appreciated

30-11-2008 08:28PM

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sioda

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So just re installed windows XP and getting back up and running AVG is my AV of choice and just wanted to know is a firewall essential or is the XP one any good.

Used to run Comodo but found it was very unstable and the new verion wanted permission to do everything

Any and all help appreciated

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#2 30-11-2008 10:16PM

Tallon

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The XP one is fine TBH, not much benifits from a third party one...

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#3 30-11-2008 10:19PM

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The XP one won't block outgoing connections, if you are behind a router also, it's ok enough.

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#4 02-12-2008 01:43AM

sioda

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Yup behind a router but have the firewall in it disabled as it wouldn't open ports that I use for P2P on another machine

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