Window XP Firewall and Norton Personal Firewall...

[marc]

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Currenlty I have both Norton Personal Firewall and Window XP SP2 defaulted
Firewall on....

Don't see any problems...but should they both be on or will they
conflict?...or should I turn off XP's Firewall...

thanks,
/Marc.

 

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"Marc" <landriault4796@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Currenlty I have both Norton Personal Firewall and Window XP
> SP2 defaulted Firewall on....
>
> Don't see any problems...but should they both be on or will
> they conflict?...or should I turn off XP's Firewall...


I can't swear that they *will* conflict, buut there is still
always a risk of conflicts. Besides running
both wastes system resources, and running both adds no protection
over just running just Norton's. To me it's a no-brainer--don't
also run the XP firewall.

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