Re: XP Firewall

From: Unknown (Unknown_at_Somewhere.Kom)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:53:53 GMT

The XP firewall is more than adequate for any home user.
"Newbie" <noidea@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:eGo8ICPXEHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I am a single pc home user with a Win XP Pro OS with the Firewall enabled.
> Should I get a third party Firewall eg Norton Personal Firewall, or will the
> built in option suffice?
>
>

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