tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503703346900876790.post8187471351353115401..comments2007-07-10T22:53:01.102+03:00Lusuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02882536655368487024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503703346900876790.post-54416425457498242552007-07-10T22:53:00.000+03:002007-07-10T22:53:00.000+03:00Timur said... (in a comment that I deleted -- no commercials please!):<BR/><BR/>"Well, built-in Windows XP SP2 firewall does NOT filter the outgoing traffic. So, if you have a trojan horse, mail virus, etc, it can use your computer as transmitter of malicious data. So you have to install some 3rd party software to protect your PC." (commercial part deleted)<BR/><BR/>While that is true, please keep in mind that the built-in firewalls do only inbound protection by default. You can also filter outbound connection, but this is not for the beginners. 3rd party firewalls that do that as welll as dedicated hardware exists.<BR/>However, the built in one is doing a preety good job for protecting your computer. And that is the bottom line... I will post a short list of advanced software from 3rd parties after I go through other posts in this series.Lusuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02882536655368487024noreply@blogger.com