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Originally Posted by Markjp
Thanks for yur advice Stuart.
With regards to Firewalls Is it ok to stick with the Windows XP version?
Thanks
Mark
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As long as you have at least Service Pack 2 installed, then the Windows Firewall is pretty good. The one included in Service Pack 1 and below was, to be frank, pointless as it didn't do a good job of blocking incoming connections (one thing a firewall needs to do) and provided no control of outgoing connections (the other thing a firewall needs to do).
The one included with XP SP2 and SP3 is OK, but not as good as the Comodo firewall I recommended in my first answer.
Another firewall that is supposed to be good (and a lot easier to set up that Comodo) is Ashampoo Firewall (
http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/ht...t_2_0050__.htm ) although I have not used it.