Originally posted by Frostie


Not true. I've been hacked 17 times with a Firewall. And only 3 times without one. Odds in favour.
That's because your firewall wasn't configured properly, or you got a bad firewall. The ONLY recommended firewalls are ZoneAlarm and Tiny Personal Firewall. The others are crap.

You might want to consider with McAfee Firewall too, but ZoneAlarm or Tiny Personal Firewall are better.

It's as easy as that. ^_~

<b>Edit:</b> And I forgot to mention XP's firewall. If you have XP, just disable XP's built-in firewall. It's pretty user-unfriendly. And it isn't as powerful as those 3rd party firewalls.