Computer help forum: Can I run 2 firewalls at the same time (more).......

The rule of thumb is one FW and one AV

Tom

Bob, I use Zonealarm Security Suite and the default setting has the Windows Firewall "on". ZA uses it to detect suspicious behaviour when a program starts another or connecting to the net.
Gary

But doing so won't give you any additional protection. You may allow Program X through the firewall on Norton, but not the Windows firewall, and then spend many frustrating hours trying to figure out why Program X won't run properly.

It's best to have just a single firewall. What's even better, is taking some time to learn firewall basics so you can configure it more effectively. A firewall isn't much good if you poke a number of very large holes in it. A mistake all too common among users of software firewalls which make it all too easy to do. Then you're left with the dangerous situation of thinking you have considerably more protection than you actually do.

Tym, in these days a software firewall is not a luxury but maybe you should consider adding a router with a hardware firewall as well. I use a router in conjunction to Zonealarm's firewall. Please note that not all routers have a firewall. One benefit is a router can mask or stealth all your ports (all 65,535 of them) so a passing baddie won't see your PC on the net. Hope I'm not confusin' you more.
Gary

How can I check if my router has a firewall when I don't have the instruction manual?
Mine is a TRENDnet TEW-432BRP.

Choose which one you like the best. Hint: it wouldn't be windows firewall

I understand that one FW and one AV is the rule; hackers don't follow rules; why should we.

I run my own Accounting Firm.....I run Windows FW and Nortons FW; run more than one AntiVirus....run Windows Defenders, Adware SE, Spybot...and a couple of others.

Worth it? No doubt. Someone tried to hack my computer on the 4th....no avail....norton and windows caught it....sent the email message to the companies and they replied.....and...hacker has been tracked.


Don't underestimate viruses/hackers/....don't overestimate that one solution works...use them and if u r a true "teckie"....then u can make them all work together seamlessly.

my mom's computer starting conflicting after she used norton and xp's service pack.
the 2 firewalls began to fight and slow her computer down to where logging on was nearly impossable.
her IT guy at work got rid of the windows firewall but then she forgot and downloaded an monthly upgrade and now were back to square 1... is there a program that assigns which firewall is first and which is second ??? or is she going to haft to quit norton and just roll with xp's?

yea i ment disabled...


it was an older version of norton.
since the time is up and my mom needs to buy it again or update her subscription .

if she does will it help the situation?

just let Norton be your firewall, as it diables XP's by default upon installation of Norton.
That's how it's supposed to work....Norton has a much stronger firewall than XP.......Just let it do it's thing.

I use Comodo pro firewall with windows XP running at the same time. This causes no problems at all, but I personally think that one good firewall is sufficient if set up correctly. I also have five Anti-Virus Programs on my computer, two of which are doing different things at the same time. i.e, Antivir PE running totally and Avast running without 3 of it's provders running. Avast protects my E-mail where antivir PE dosen't. I also have AVG, which I set up without the Resident Shield installed. I also have Clamwin and anti-Virus cleaner. I have run these programs together for a few months now without any conflict or slowing down of my Computer. Four of these Programs are used in Explorer, so I can scan a file etc with four different Anti-Virus programs. This is handy because each one picks up on different things.

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