Vista 64 & Running Firewall

Freakfish1 · 24 Jan 2007 at 10:26

I have been testing Vista 64 and its Firewall and i have to say i'm really impressed. It doesnt let anything in compared to XP firewall.

However, i would like to know which fire wall you would use other than MS firewall for Vista 64?

Which do you think is best?

bledd · 24 Jan 2007 at 10:55

xp's firewall doesn't "let things in" does it?

xp blocks all incoming, but doesn't care about outgoing

i'm not trying to patronise, incase it sounds like that!

Freakfish1 · 24 Jan 2007 at 11:18

bledd. said:
xp's firewall doesn't "let things in" does it?

xp blocks all incoming, but doesn't care about outgoing

i'm not trying to patronise, incase it sounds like that!

Well thats what i meant in and out. That is the purpose of a firewall.

bledd · 24 Jan 2007 at 11:23

unless you have a virus or spyware, then you don't need outgoing protection

-its about time the included it in an ms package, but i hope outgoing protection can be turned off

Freakfish1 · 24 Jan 2007 at 11:33

bledd. said:
unless you have a virus or spyware, then you don't need outgoing protection

-its about time the included it in an ms package, but i hope outgoing protection can be turned off

Well as i run a business i want maximum security. Most users who have a virus or spywear dont realise it until its too late. I want to prevent that happening.

bledd · 24 Jan 2007 at 11:34

couldn't see any options or mention of outgoing protection when i checked my VM just now, do you have to set the network type to something else for it to show up?