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ronjon
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Reg'd: Mon
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Loc: Manchester
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Re: Windows Firewall adequate?
Wed Jan 23 2008 11:50 AM
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As supplied, the vista Firewall protects well for incoming attacks. It's firewall is also capable of preventing malware that has installed itself on your computer from 'phoning home' or otherwise sending out malicious data.
To enable this outgoing function do the following:
Goto the Control Panel from the Start Menu and near the top, click on Adminstrator Tools. From there, at the bottom, you'll see Windows firewall with Advanced Security.
Click on Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and about halfway down the screen is a small, underlined blue link called "windows firewall properties". Click on that.
In the next window find the first section is called State. The third box there is called Outbound connections. Click on that and change it to Block. Then click OK out of it all.
The Block will block outgoing data with the same rules as are set for incoming data, so won't need altering unless you get a specific problem.
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