Re: Need a firewall?

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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 02/01/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:06:34 -0700

In article <69296905-D759-48B1-ABCC-4DC292836661@microsoft.com>, rsg
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Both of my computers are accessing the internet through a router. One through a wireless connection. The other through a nic card. Cable modem is connected to the router. All firewalls are turned off to allow home networking. Do I need to run a firewall?

Your router protects your computers against undesired incoming
connections from the Internet.

However, it doesn't protect them against undesired outgoing
connections from your computers to the Internet caused by computer
viruses, spyware programs, etc. If you want protection from them, run
a firewall program that has that feature. Note that XP's built-in
Internet Connection Firewall doesn't have that feature, and there
would be no benefit to running it. 

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