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Software Firewall Protection

http://live.pirillo.com/ – DiscountBacon in the chat room wants to know what’s more important when looking at firewall protection: incoming, outgoing, or both?

Really, when looking at firewalls, you should consider both incoming and outgoing traffic protection, because attacks on your system may come from the outside, but if there’s a virus or some other kind of nefarious program on your system it will already be transmitting out to the world.

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Personal Software Firewall

http://live.pirillo.com/ – Perseco asks Chris what is recommendations are for a personal software firewall.

First, Chris recommends staying away from the built in Windows Firewall and finding a good software firewall that you trust and can configure better. He also recommends staying away from Windows Live OneCare, as it doesn’t perform as well as other products.

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