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Old 22-10-2006, 18:51   #8
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Re: XP firewall v. Zonealarm

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Originally Posted by Dad's virus View Post
I what way? What can the software can do that you cannot do with the router?
You have to give permissions for all your software when it first tries to access the internet. So if a virus or trojan tries to access the internet you will know about it when you get the popup dialogue box. With a router you wont see this, so it's likely the trojan will get away with doing all its nasty stuff.
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