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  • #76
    I had to remove Vista and only reinstalled XP after I got a trojan that was detected late by NOD32. The OS was still functional but I kept hearing system alert sounds (those balloon pop-up sounds) out of the blue.

    Until there's a proper firewall out for Vista (and the one built-in can't be called proper) I'm not sure if I want to reinstall it.

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    • #77
      Does firewall really have much to do about trojans?...
      Reminds me of this thread http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?t=58810

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      • #78
        Not sure what happens if you already caught one, but I like to have a decision on what programs can do and mostly on outgoing rights.
        The Vista firewall goes by the principle that everything can have outgoing rights unless you specifically set a rule for that program.

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Admiral View Post
          Not sure what happens if you already caught one, but I like to have a decision on what programs can do and mostly on outgoing rights.
          The Vista firewall goes by the principle that everything can have outgoing rights unless you specifically set a rule for that program.

          Outgoing rights?

          "IEXPLORE.EXE wants to access the IntarWeb. IT MIGHT BE A VIRUS! OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHHHHMMMMIIIIIGGGOOOOOODDDDDDD delete it? (Yes/Yes/Yes/Why Not)"

          "FIREFOX.EXE wants to access teh IntarWeb. Illegal exception 0x000043742222 in ZONEALARMSUCKSDONKEYCOCK.DLL"

          "CMD.EXE (FTP.EXE) wants to access teh IntarnWebb. You have lots of viruses. Format C:?"
          The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

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          • #80
            Here's a hint - no personal firewall has ever saved anyone from a Trojan. By the time the personal firewall says anything... you're already infected.

            I have a hard time believing you got something with Vista though, unless you turned off the "are you sure you want to run <PROGRAM X>" messages...
            The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

            I'm the least you could do
            If only life were as easy as you
            I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
            If only life were as easy as you
            I would still get screwed

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Gurm View Post
              ...no personal firewall has ever saved anyone from a Trojan.
              So you've done a complete investigation with which to come to that conclusion
              When you own your own business you only have to work half a day. You can do anything you want with the other twelve hours.

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              • #82
                well, NIS, PANDA and some other software firewalls is known to totally inhibbit internet conection so they have probably temporarly saved someone from a trojan
                If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

                Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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