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07-14-2008, 05:01 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Winslow, ME
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Tokenz: 31,031   |  Do you use Windows Firewall? I dunno if it's me but I think it's causing more problems than it's solving.
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07-14-2008, 05:04 PM
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| Age of Empires III addict  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Surrey, England, UK
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Tokenz: 31,543 | Re: Do you use Windows Firewall? Drop it, drop it, drop it!! My advice is always get a hardware firewall.
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07-14-2008, 05:06 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New Zealand
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Tokenz: 4,067 | Re: Do you use Windows Firewall? I use it - it's never cause me a problem. Prior to upgrading to XP I used ZoneAlarm without any issues either. |
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07-30-2008, 06:38 PM
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| OTz's Typo Queen  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Can'ar'da, Eh.
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Tokenz: 33,085 | Re: Do you use Windows Firewall? Quote:
Hers the link for ZA and yes I use it as well...not had an issue since: Firewall Freeware, Free Firewall Protection Software, Firewall Shareware: ZoneAlarmŽ Free Firewall Software.
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07-30-2008, 07:15 PM
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| banned... again! Join Date: Nov 2007
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Tokenz: 476 | Re: Do you use Windows Firewall? Hardware firewall. A software firewall allows the packet to get to your computer first, whereas a hardware firewall stops the packet before your computer gets it, if the packet is not requested; these types of packets are usually the "incoming" packets, instead of the "outgoing" packets.
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07-30-2008, 08:18 PM
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| Member In the Making  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cantebury, Kent
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Tokenz: 1,997 | Re: Do you use Windows Firewall? Quote:
trying to protect his months of hacking into area 52 secret files. Why such extreme measures? lol | |
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07-30-2008, 08:26 PM
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| Want a mushroom stamp???  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston, Texas
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Tokenz: 35,055 | Re: Do you use Windows Firewall? no and for damn good reasons!
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07-31-2008, 10:29 AM
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| V.I.P User  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Tokenz: 3,428 | Re: Do you use Windows Firewall? Sygate Personal Firewall. It's been pretty good to me over the years. XP firewall won't stop your computer from sending out information, it only monitors incoming traffic. Allan
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