After wrestling all weekend with numerous client's PC's that were all infected, all running WinXP's built-in firewall, I have to ask - what (exactly) good is a so-called firewall that doesn't block incoming port traffic? And yet Micro$oft continues to state (on their web sites and in press releases) that enabling the XP Firewall will act as your 'first line of defense'.
Bullocks! I can document dozens of infections on PC with the firewall turned on and NO PORTS OPEN!
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After wrestling all weekend with numerous client's PC's that were all infected, all running WinXP's built-in firewall, I have to ask - what (exactly) good is a so-called firewall that doesn't block incoming port traffic? And yet Micro$oft continues to state (on their web sites and in press releases) that enabling the XP Firewall will act as your 'first line of defense'. Bullocks! I can document dozens of infections on PC with the firewall turned on and NO PORTS OPEN!