Firewalls

Hello…

If I were to install a third party firewall, what will happen to the windows firewall?

Thanks^^

-AnimeLover^^

It depends on the third party firewall requirements.

I would go with Outpost Firewall Free:
http://free.agnitum.com

A well-behaved firewall will disable Windows firewall and report to Windows Security Center that it is acting as the firewall.


I agree with Pedro as it is considered not a good idea to have 2 firewalls running at the same time.


Either it gets deactivated by the 3rd party firewall or you have to deactivate it manually…
Or didn’t I get your question…??
asyn

I agree with the Pedro and Charley.

Thats they way my free 3rd party software firewall is working. It disabled the windows firewall and put itself in Windows Security Center.

Just seeing the new FW in WSC doesn’t mean the windows firewall is automatically disabled. :wink:
asyn

Asyn,

no, i believe its off/disabled. Going to… control panel…windows firewall…has an alarm and tells me it is off

Then it is really off. :slight_smile:
asyn

Edit: Btw, don’t you want to hide your Email from the forum, preventing it to be harvested by spammers…!!!

off topic, sorry

thanks asyn, I didnt know my email wasnt hidden. I hide it, i hope it worked, i cant really tell, because I can see it~lol~

No problem…!!
And yes, it’s hidden now, as I (and anyone else) can’t see it anymore. :slight_smile:
(You are supposed to see it…!!)
asyn

thanks~grin~

appriciate the confirmation

Sat

You’re welcome…!! :slight_smile:
Ending [off topic] talk.
asyn

Thanks for all ur comments…

So double checking will prevent future problems^^

-AnimeLover^^