[bash62]

had a laptop for xmas which came with avg 8 on it .should i install a firewall as well. was thinking of zone, ur thoughts please
cheers
bash

[etaf]

yes you could put a firewall on like zone alarm
I think the vista firewall is a lot better than XP, dont have two running

[golferbob]

i like and use free comodo 3.0 . it does a nicjob and you can't beat the price.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_comodo/

[bash62]

do i need a firewall or will the windows xp firewall be ok

[lunarlander]

Windows XP firewall doesnt have outbound protection. That means any program including malware can phone home.

Comodo does have outbound protection and it has a whitelist of known programs that are safe to allow outbound so you don't get a lot of dialog boxes asking for 'allow' or 'deny'.

In addition, Comodo has intrusion detection. It detects if any program is doing something it ought not to. Then it asks for 'allow' or 'deny', Those questions may be a bit technical.

All in all, I like Comodo.

[bash62]

so what your saying is it is really a must to havea decent firewall
cheers
bash

[golferbob]

yes , with xp you need a good firewall.