[gui-talk] Anti-virus and fire walls

[Wayne Merritt]

For what its worth, I've heard the same. If it prevented both inbound and 
outbound communication, then I'd use it. However, I'm just not comfortable 
with only half of that equation being monitored.

Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Martineau" <dean at topdotenterprises.com>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Anti-virus and fire walls


> Charles, the short answer to your question is that windows firewall 
> doesn't
> prevent two-way communication, it only prevents apps inputting to your
> system, not your system calling out.  I'm open to learning that I'm wrong
> about this, but it is a major drawback.
>
> Dean
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Oppermann [mailto:chuckop at microsoft.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 4:29 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Anti-virus and fire walls
>
> What's wrong with the firewall built into Windows XP Service Pack 2?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Alan Mattison
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 4:13 PM
> To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Anti-virus and fire walls
>
> Sahir, I haven't found a good firewall program, but I highly recommend 
> NOD32
> by eset.com for the antivirus program, which is the same one that GWMicro
> suggests.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Husseini, Sahar
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:18 PM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org; Multiple recipients of NFBnet GUI-TALK Mailing List;
> gw-info at gwmicro.com; support at gwmicro.com
> Subject: [gui-talk] Anti-virus and fire walls
>
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for an anti-virus and fire wall programs accessible with
> Window-Eyes.  We have McAfee at home and Norton at work, and neither is
> totally accessible.  Well, especially McAfee has not been easy to use.
> Any suggestions?  Thank you in advance.
>
> Sahar Husseini, Orientation Counselor
> Orientation Center for the Blind
> (402) 471-8121
> Our Mission:
> Empowering blind individuals,
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>
>
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