Windows XP Firewall: on or off?

mcroodi

Hi,

Can someone please tell me how I can check whether my Windows XP Firewall is on or off?

Please can you tell me in simple steps please?

Thanks in advance!

chatty123

here we are


Start, control panel, security centre

aliEnRIK

Goto START (Bottom left hand corner)
Control Panel
Security Center
Windows Firewall ~ itll tell you what state its in

I would advise a free third party firewall though as the windows one doesnt stop connections OUTWARDS
Sunbelt, Comodo and Zonealarm are the big three

chatty123

Alienrik.."I would advise a free third party firewall though as the windows one doesnt stop connections OUTWARDS
Sunbelt, Comodo and Zonealarm are the big three"

if you remember me from another thread I am the thick one so can i ask what you mean by the above.

echelon101

[quote=chatty123;15508289
Sunbelt, Comodo and Zonealarm are the big three"
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But avast! is the big one

aliEnRIK

No problem chatty
If say you had some spyware on your computer (By far the main type of nasty that people seem to get), using only windows firewall it can SEND information from your computer without the firewall doing anything at all to stop it.
All other firewalls (That I know of) will STOP the program sending the info, and ASK if its allowed to (Or maybe stop it entirely if it understands its a nasty)

aliEnRIK

echelon101 wrote: »

But avast! is the big one

Avast is an anti virus ~ not a firewall