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Is my
pc secure?
Hackers, spyware, Trojans, phishers, spam,
worms, and viruses - with all of these horrible
things on the internet how can you still control
your privacy and security for you computer?
First step is to make sure you have a firewall
on your computer. In XP you do have a Windows
Free Firewall at your disposal. I recommend
purchasing a professional grade firewall for
your computer like
Norton or
Zone Alarm.
Zone Alarm offers a free firewall that still
outdoes the default Windows Firewall.
Just for your knowledge it is always recommended
to only have one firewall running at a time. If
you choose to operate more than one firewall
they will fight against each other and create
large gaps in you security.
If you choose to use the Windows Firewall here
are the steps to initiating the firewall.
1. First make certain that you have all of your
windows updates current, you will need the SP2
from Windows to complete this task.
2. Go to your control panel and select security.
3. From here you can choose to turn on or off
your Windows Firewall and if you choose to turn
it off make sure you turn off the alert... On
the left side of this window you will see
"change the way windows alerts me"
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