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Windows FirewallThe built-in firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2. It provides a stateful inspection of packets which accepts only responses to requests originated by the user. This prevents outside requests for data from entering the computer, unless specifically allowed by the user. However, spyware programs are often clandestinely installed in a user's computer which then make seemingly legitimate requests that a stateful firewall will allow responses to. Windows Firewall superseded Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) and is turned on by default. See firewall and XP SP2. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Don't rely on a stopgap firewall such as Windows Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), which lacks the flexibility to configure it program-by-program and request-by-request. Network security is now built into XP, with the Internet Connection Firewall. A, which disables the Internet connection firewall on Windows computers, was recently discovered on three continents and has affected CNN, ABC and The New York Times. |
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