Fire Wall?

[JD]

I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby
download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I
do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here.

Thanks, JD

[Heather]

A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus program.....download it
now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the first two (sorry,
Silj....grin).

A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via *open ports*....a
firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots)

OK?? Heather

"JD" > wrote in message
...
> I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
> one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby
> download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I
> do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here.
>
> Thanks, JD

[JD]

Thanks
JD
>-----Original Message-----
>A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus
program.....download it
>now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the
first two (sorry,
>Silj....grin).
>
>A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via
*open ports*....a
>firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots)
>
>OK?? Heather
>
>"JD" > wrote in
message
...
>> I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
>> one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby
>> download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I
>> do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here.
>>
>> Thanks, JD
>
>
>.
>

[Rick T]

uh, so that would be a "yes" then?

<g>


If you're running through a router that has a hardware firewall on it
(as most do) then you don't need a software firewall *as much*, but it's
good to have

Rick


Heather wrote:
> A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus program.....download it
> now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the first two (sorry,
> Silj....grin).
>
> A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers via *open ports*....a
> firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad bots)
>
> OK?? Heather
>
> "JD" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
>>one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby
>>download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I
>>do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here.
>>
>>Thanks, JD
>
>
>

uh, so that would be a "yes" then?

<g>


>-----Original Message-----
>
>If you're running through a router that has a hardware
firewall on it
>(as most do) then you don't need a software firewall *as
much*, but it's
>good to have
>
>Rick
>
>
>Heather wrote:
>> A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus
program.....download it
>> now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the
first two (sorry,
>> Silj....grin).
>>
>> A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers
via *open ports*....a
>> firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad
bots)
>>
>> OK?? Heather
>>
>> "JD" > wrote in
message
>> ...
>>
>>>I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
>>>one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby
>>>download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I
>>>do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here.
>>>
>>>Thanks, JD
>>
>>
>>
>.
>

[Alias]

Yes, you need one. Routers only block incoming, not outgoing traffic. A
good, free one can be found at http://www.sygate.com

Alias

> wrote

> uh, so that would be a "yes" then?
>
> <g>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >If you're running through a router that has a hardware
> firewall on it
> >(as most do) then you don't need a software firewall *as
> much*, but it's
> >good to have
> >
> >Rick
> >
> >
> >Heather wrote:
> >> A firewall is just as *necessary* as an antivirus
> program.....download it
> >> now. AdAware is necessary too, but not so much as the
> first two (sorry,
> >> Silj....grin).
> >>
> >> A lot of the new worms/viruses are entering computers
> via *open ports*....a
> >> firewall stealths them (they are hidden from the bad
> bots)
> >>
> >> OK?? Heather
> >>
> >> "JD" > wrote in
> message
> >> ...
> >>
> >>>I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
> >>>one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby
> >>>download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I
> >>>do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks, JD
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >.
> >

[Jan Il]

"JD" > wrote in message
...
> I'm wondering if a firewall is necessary? I haven't had
> one in the past but see that my new ISP has a freeby
> download from Zone Labs. Is this a good thing to have? I
> do have anti-spyware & an adaware programs on here.
>
One that works very well, and it's free is Zone Alarm Free

Zone Alarm - Free
http://tinyurl.com/iwhb
or
http://tinyurl.com/kzq

Another very good program to have in addition to SpyBot asn AdAware is
SpywareBlaster

SpywareBlaster: Free
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

HTH

Jan :)