Is my hardware firewall (Linksys router) good enough?

Viruses and worms
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Question:

I’ve heard that a standard router, using NAT, is a great (hardware) firewall and I shouldn’t need any software firewall.

Is that true?

Obviously Windows has a built in software firewall.
Should I be using that too?

And of course, there are many ‘other’ software firewalls available.
Should I be using one of those?

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A hardware firewall plus Windows firewall is secure.

You can always add a third-party firewall if you want more control of connections but the resources hit is quite large

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Unless your Hardware firewall specifically says so it only protects against inbound attack.

Any malware that manages to get past your defences will have free reign to connect to the internet to either download more of the same, pass your personal data (sensitive or otherwise, user names, passwords, keylogger retrieved data, etc.) or open a backdoor to your computer, so I feel outbound protection is essential.

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yes, it´s enough for a small network (10 computers) but if you want security, install a firewall and antivirus on all the computers connected to the network