Is the built in Windows XP firewall good enough?
Here’s what most user don’t understand. Hackers aren’t out there breaking into your computer through your firewall. It is possible but very hard. So Windows Firewall is all you need for inbound protection. If hackers could get through firewalls every bank in this country would be hit. You here them say good hackers can hack into any computer. LOL The way your computer is hacked is that you go online and let a program in that opens up your computer then they have you. So your firewall not going to help you if you let a hacker program in. Trojan Spyware or whatever. But if you get infected by one of these programs and it trys to get out the windows firewall is not going to help. That is where a good two way firewall comes in handy. It is your last line of defense. Because if your Anti-virus software does not catch it. Then your firewall must stop it. If you want protection from Keyloggers, trojans, and other malware that may try and send information out. Then the windows firewall is not
