Re: WinXP SP2 firewall

"Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers" <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net> wrote in message news:40di8uF19odc0U1@individual.net...
> Alan Illeman wrote:
> > "Triffid" <triffid@nebula.net> wrote in message news:NW3of.2425$El.260542@news20.bellglobal.com...
> >> Alan Illeman wrote:
> >>> "Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers" <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net> wrote in message news:40at1dF19h0avU1@individual.net...
> >>>> That's plain wrong, because no firewall protects you from virii.
> >>>> When a firewall detects an infection you're already toast.
> >>>
> >>> That doesn't explain why I've been virus free for so long.
> >>
> >> You are virus free because you use AVG.
> >>
> >> The fact you also use a PFW is irrelevant. Claiming you are virus
> >> free "because of" a PFW is plain wrong, as 59cobalt pointed out.
> >
> > That is just plain silly. AVG doesn't prevent infections, it just
> > checks if they are present.
>
> No. On-demand scanners allow you to scan files before you execute them.
> On-access scanners check whether a file you're about to access/execute
> is infected. Both will help you to avoid an infection.
>
> > His comment..
> >
> > "no firewall protects you from virii. When a firewall detects an
> > infection you're already toast."
> >
> > ..misses the point entirely. A firewall, correctly implemented,
> > prevents unauthorised access.
>
> You seriously need to get your terms straight. A firewall prevents
> unwanted traffic between two or more networks. That's what firewalls are
> made for.

That's what I just said, maybe in not the same words, but that was the intention.
If I <allow> unauthorised access, someone <may> install a virus on my PC.
Received on Fri Dec 23 20:07:58 2005