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From: Doum on 3 Feb 2010 18:05 "Anonamoose" <aetoo(a)hotmail.com> �crivait news:20235763-6E84-41BC-8D20-F6B0C817000D(a)microsoft.com: <snip> > The router that you inevitably use to access the > internet has a hardware firewall as well which is likely the main > firewall actually protecting your computer. <snip> I wasn't aware you needed a router to access the internet, or maybe I misunderstood? (English is not my native language)
From: Rich Barry on 3 Feb 2010 18:14 It's been so long that I forgot I turned off Windows own Firewall. Comodo works fine for me since I am not on a local Network. In the past MS efforts to protect my Computer have been less than adequate. Hence, I don't think of MS as a first line of defense. "Rich Barry" <rbarry(a)socal.rr.com> wrote in message news:%235Io%23PRpKHA.5328(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Microsoft has a fairly new program called Security Essentials. Does > anybody know if it includes a Firewall? It does talk about > anti virus and malware protection. I just started using Comodo Free > version combo of Firewall and Antivirus/Malware. Just wondering if I > should give SE a try. >
From: Fuzzy Logic on 3 Feb 2010 18:22 "Rich Barry" <rbarry(a)socal.rr.com> wrote in news:O8P6YaSpKHA.4348(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > It's been so long that I forgot I turned off Windows own Firewall. > Comodo works fine for me since I am not on a local Network. > In the past MS efforts to protect my Computer have been less than > adequate. Hence, I don't think of MS as a first line of defense. > "Rich Barry" <rbarry(a)socal.rr.com> wrote in message > news:%235Io%23PRpKHA.5328(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Microsoft has a fairly new program called Security Essentials. Does >> anybody know if it includes a Firewall? It does talk about >> anti virus and malware protection. I just started using Comodo Free >> version combo of Firewall and Antivirus/Malware. Just wondering if I >> should give SE a try. You may find this interesting: http://lifehacker.com/5401453/stop-paying-for-windows-security-microsofts-security-tools-are-good-enough http://lifehacker.com/5433229/microsoft-security-essentials-ranks-as-best+performing-free-antivirus I have been running MSSE since it came out of beta on both Vista and XP and it's got a very small resource footprint and apparently does a very good job based on recent testing.
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 3 Feb 2010 18:27 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:05:59 -0800, Doum <me(a)domain.net> wrote: > "Anonamoose" <aetoo(a)hotmail.com> �crivait > news:20235763-6E84-41BC-8D20-F6B0C817000D(a)microsoft.com: > > <snip> > > > The router that you inevitably use to access the > > internet has a hardware firewall as well which is likely the main > > firewall actually protecting your computer. > > <snip> > > I wasn't aware you needed a router to access the internet, or maybe I > misunderstood? You didn't misunderstand, and you are right that a router is not needed. Moreover the great majority of computers are used without a network, and there is no router used with them. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 3 Feb 2010 18:36
Got Google? => http://lmgtfy.com/?q=does+microsoft+security+essentials+include+firewall%3F Do any MSE-specific pages mention that it includes a firewall? (No.) http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials MSE Support Forums http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/mse MSE left beta in Oct-09. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 Rich Barry wrote: > Microsoft has a fairly new program called Security Essentials. Does > anybody know if it includes a Firewall? It does talk about > anti virus and malware protection. I just started using Comodo Free > version > combo of Firewall and Antivirus/Malware. Just wondering if I should give > SE > a try. |