Re: Windows XP SP2 Firewall

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From: Mike Hall (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:21:28 -0500

Silent is good.. if you have no trojans and worms on your system that you
haven't inadvertently loaded by your own efforts, then it is doing its job..
however, the SP2 firewall doesn't track outgoing events.. get yourself a
reasonable software firewall..

I will not attempt to suggest any because I would get jumped on for my
choice.. I suggest that you type 'software firewall' into a Google search or
use the search engine of choice.. some offer a free version and a full paid
version too..

"JoeB" <boswell.j@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:d5e6d016.0411271649.799f825@posting.google.com...
> Several weeks ago I downloaded XP SP2 and everthing seems to be
> working great - no apparent problems. I'm using the XP firewall but it
> has been totally silent. Nothing has appeared to indicate that it is
> doing its job. How do I know if it is working or not?