Moderators hazelnut Posted August 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2008 A thread here over on Wilders could prove very useful for any people who are using windows firewall on their xp system If gives good picture descriptions of what settings can be used Worth a read http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=218517 Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted August 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2008 My guide for the windows firewall is this: Make sure its on in the security center and when you get on public wifi make sure you have either the "allow no exceptions" box checked or the file sharing one unchecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted August 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2008 Good old Windows Firewall. It's all I've used for quite some time now, and that's a well detailed write up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 27, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 27, 2008 That's rather good for Windows Firewall which to my knowledge is stealthed on inbound simulated attacks on test sites like ShieldsUP and PCFlank. My guide for the windows firewall is this: Make sure its on in the security center and when you get on public wifi make sure you have either the "allow no exceptions" box checked or the file sharing one unchecked. I use your guide, even though I didn't know you had a guide for it. BTW good guide! Good old Windows Firewall. It's all I've used for quite some time now, and that's a well detailed write up. That's all I'm using too, as a recent version of ZoneAlarm Free kept making Explorer.exe crash randomly when opening folders. Of course I've tested a bunch of third-party free firewalls, and I haven't liked any of them enough to justify keeping them installed. I think WWDC, and a hardware firewall coupled with Windows Firewall is sufficient for most users with a clean system, so long as other means of layered security protection is implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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