UPDATE: AVG Free Edition 7.0.296 Build 409

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Download: AVG Free Edition 7.0 Build 409
News source: grisoft.com

It pops up & tells you this techz :) if you have avg 6 when you search for updates :thumbs: ..

I just appeared to reference this Firewall settings guide for AVG (covers ZAP & KERIO rule sets as well as ones for the xp built in one {but NOBODY wants to use that - right ?!?! as it only stops 'ins' & doesn't do 'outs' - use something else ;)})

Very good :) .

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Originally Posted by confus-ed

It pops up & tells you this techz :) if you have avg 6 when you search for updates :thumbs: ..

I just appeared to reference this Firewall settings guide for AVG (covers ZAP & KERIO rule sets as well as ones for the xp built in one {but NOBODY wants to use that - right ?!?! as it only stops 'ins' & doesn't do 'outs' - use something else ;)})

Very good :) .

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eh?

The SP2 firewall DOES stop OUTS!!

But yeah, would you trust M$ with your PC?

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Originally Posted by hogman

eh?

The SP2 firewall DOES stop OUTS!! ..

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Errr .. oh no it doesn't ! ..

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ICF is a stateful firewall, meaning that it inspects all incoming network traffic to your PC.

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'We' (me mostly but others) are fond of waffling about a thingee called 'whitelisting' - xp's firewall can't do that, & thats what I/we mean by firewall 'outs' ..

Whitelisting is the process of using some software process to monitor what can 'call' (initiate) an outside linkup & this gets around some nasty trojan or similar 'phoning home' & initiating a connection which your firwall will otherwise accept as the 'start' of the conversation was from within your pc & so 'trusted' .. but if its some trojan or whatnot that your AV/'anti-bad-stuff' software can't get then you just surrendered your machine to some hacker if you trust billy's 1/2 arsed approach ! :eek2: - whatever firewalling system you are using, you also want some form of 'whitelisting' application too ;) ... ICF (the built in xp firewall) CANNOT do whitelisting nearly all other firewall software will ;) ..