Anyways, i would like to ask opinions regarding Windows Firewall.

How good is it actually? Do i need other firewall other than this?

Its for newbie to use only... not recommended for advance users

Define newbie and advanced users

To me it is not customisable to any degree.

This post has been edited by samurai1337: May 28 2006, 12:13 PM

dont know about others, but i've been using Windows Firewall ever since i started using Windows XP & my system is still in perfect condition

how does it compare to others in terms of security?

does it have good protection just like others but only limited customization?

my personal opinion is Windows Firewall are totally crap! its not too good but not too useless.. so i think its enough for newbie but not for advance user..

can be easily disable by viruses...totally useless..
use another firewall system...

Actually even commercial firewall can be disabled by virusses or trojans.. I've seen that.. but I prefer firewall from a company who specifically made firewall.. that means no to Microsoft.. first thing after install windows.. disable firewall

Windows Firewall only blocks inbound threats and not outbound. In terms of blocking inbound threats, I don't see it to be any weaker as compared to other firewall software but not outbound threats.

However, I use it instead of any other firewall software since it gives decent enough protection.

The next version of Windows Firewall would probably be a more fully featured firewall.

im using Windows Firewall too.....so far, no problems......cuz my router also has a built-in firewall too.........

If you only need inbound protection, then Windows FW is good enough.

I prefer to have outbound also, that's why i use other fw.

what do you mean outbound and inbound.

outgoing and incoming connection/request

I juz use firewall in my AVG 7.1...

Inbound means the data is sent out from your computer. Means it's by the user side of connection. Outbound means tat data or connection from outside world trying to get into your pc. Correct me if i'm wrong guys?

Inbound = connection initiated by outside world
Outbound = connection initiated by yourself

Take note, it is connection, not data flow.

in short, inbound means data going INTO ur com,
outbound is data going OUT of ur com.
windows firewall covers inbound data, which means, it does block harmful rubbish coming in, but if ur com is already affected with spyware, ur personal details and all that will go back to the "mothership". so, windows firewall, not totally that good,only minimal protection. go get zone alarm firewall, free edition. it does protect you well.i used it for ages d.

Nice word

nicely explained....

may i know how to disable the windows firewall..theres always this windows security alerts on the right bottom of my desktop. i would like to remove/uninstall the windows firewall since i had zonelabs

any ideas on how? that windows firewall is bundled when i installed windows XP service pack 3 though