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[Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com>]

On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:22, Craig Duncan wrote:
> With the recent spate of virus attacks, my parents are afraid to turn on 
> their PC, let alone connect to the internet, thus defeating the purpose 
> for which they purchased it. They use via dial-up modem to connect to 
> the internet.
> Does anyone have any recommendations for firewall products compatible 
> with Windows XP(Home Edition or other) and is there something better 
> than Norton anti-virus. I would also be curious to know if there are 
> any hardware firewalls that use dial-up for home use that they could 
> use.

Windows XP actually comes with a semi-capable firewall; you don't need
to buy an added cost product.  It merely needs to be turned on.  Check
the documentation here:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/home/using/howto/homenet/icf.asp

This will help prevent things like the Blaster worm; it won't
necessarily stop email virus attacks like SoBig.  Remember that security
is a process, not a product.

--Jeremy

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