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unless you know what your doing, stick with a firewall.
I tend personally not to trust software based firewalls, but thats my choice.
I do not run a firewall, and I can honestly say that I have had very little cause for alarm. I am not plagued with messages saying IP XXXXXXXXX is trying to do something etc so I tend not to worry. Simplistic yes but theres very little anyone could do that I couldnt fix, be it a format and re-install or just simply powering off my CM.
Hacking of someones computer in my oppinion, is not done to the average home user unless you go mouthing off in IRC about script kiddies etc. Theres very little to be had form hacking into a home PC except for pure nuisance causing. However, you could also become infected with a trojan virus, but AV software should take care of that anyway.
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