How good is your firewall?

T4i

http://www.dslreports.com/scan

pchelpman

T4i wrote:

I really dont care 'if you appreciate this or not'

I just re-read my comment. I meant what I said in that I do appreciate it when folk add to what I say. I DIDN'T mean that I don't want others to comment (if you know what I mean). I've edited my post and used a different word replacing "appreciate" with "realise".... amazing how one misplaced word has the potential to offend!!

T4i

Oooops......took that wrong then. Have a beer on me :beer:

pchelpman

T4i wrote:

Have a beer on me :beer:

I don't need any encouragement there. I'll let the wife blame you then!!

scl_2

I have ports 80 & 443 open
any advice please

XP SP2
Zone Alarm
AVC
Adware
Spybot

Lob_Rockster

scl wrote:

I have ports 80 & 443 open
any advice please

XP SP2
Zone Alarm
AVC
Adware
Spybot

what device(s) do you have between your PC and the internet - modem, router, etc?

And Steve Gibson is a master of misinformation. Some of his tools are OK for a quick scan of course.

You might want to discuss the pros and cons of stealth -vs- closed at some point........ he says, running away from the unopened can of worms

GaryS

Just for info, I use a Dlink DSL-G604T wireless router which has a built-in firewall AND run CA Internet Suite on the PC.

Security is set up via 128 bit WEP encryption and MAC address access list.

The CA suite cost less than £30.00 and so far it has protected my system for the last 3 years without any problem.

Also run:

Spybot
Adaware
Spywareblaster
MS Defender
Naomi

If anybody has any further suggestions, let me know.

scl_2

Hi Lob Rockster

I just have an external USB modem

Lob_Rockster

scl wrote:

Hi Lob Rockster

I just have an external USB modem

then the ports open are really on your PC....
do you have a webserver locally? Because it looks like ZA has these ports open (80 is for http, 443 is for https).

What happens if you click on this http://localhost ?

scl_2

The PC in question is at home, I'll try that this evening
Its new so probably has all sorts running on it I havent descovered yet
I suppose having a router would be a good idea.
Thanks for the help, I'll post result.