Re: Ping: Volker Birk & Possibly Other Regs!

Casey wrote:
>> Yes. As a matter of fact, you don't need a firewall for Windows 98,
>> because it's very easy to unbind any network service from your
>> external interface. Just right-click on it, chose Properties, and
>> remove anyhing with the exception of "TCP/IP".
>
> On Windows 98 OS with no firewall, does unbinding everything but
> "TCP/IP" prevent malware from "phoneing home"??

No. Neither does a personal firewall, because it can be disabled most
easily. Not installing malware is the only thing that helps against
malware phoning home. Once you got malware installed your system is
toast, especially if the system is Windows 9x. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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