[BC] Re: Windows XP

[Kirk Harnack]

Sid Schweiger wrote:
> I agree.  My Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition server is configured
> with the Windows Firewall turned off, and after almost a month it has
> not turned itself back on.  Our entire corporate network is behind a
> firewall anyhow, so I don't worry about it.
> 

Sid,

I've used AVG Anti-Virus for several years - and in my WinXP machines I 
have Microsoft's firewall turned OFF.  It's never tried to come back ON 
on any of my XP machines.

I understand the *mostly* secure feeling that one has when behind a NAT 
Router.  I worry about other users opening e-mail attachments, however. 
  Such a Trojan Horse delivered virus could spread through mapped drive 
shares, and perhaps by the LAN IP range - all behind one's NAT router. 
So, I still use ZoneAlarm or Kerio on every PC on the network.

Am I wrong to worry about an internally-originated virus, and desiring 
the protection of a software firewall?


Best,

Kirk Harnack