Well i have been running sygate for quite some time and then i had problems so i uninstalled and use windows fw well i just got hacked when i was using aim photosharing and wat it did is open 150 ie windows and i thought to my self this isnt good for my system so now im in the market for a fw so i wanted to know wat is a rlly good one tht wont mess with P2P programs

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That probably would have happened no matter what Firewall you were using. You open up the Computer to being Hacked when using the IM services.

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ok but wat firewall should i use


On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 3:04 pm, Steve wrote:
>That probably would have happened no matter what Firewall you were using. You open
>up the Computer to being Hacked when using the IM services.

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Any of the free ones work fine, but when sharing Files on Instant Messenger Services, and using P2P software, you just open up the Computer to who ever you are sharing with. A Firewall makes no difference.

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I use Comodo Firewall. A tad chatty but works well.

As Steve said, won't help in your situation but still a good, free firewall.

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well im willing to spend as much as it cost

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anthony,
Doesn't matter how much you spend on a firewall. If you use p2p you're bypassing 
that expensive firewall. You might as well not be running a firewall at all.

if you must use p2p try running knoppix. It's a linux distribution that's CD based 
and runs entirely in ram. If you get hacked you  just reboot into an entirely fresh 
copy of knoppix. Any files you down load can be saved on a hard drive dedicated to 
data. You can then access the saved files from your usual OS... after first scanning 
those downloaded files for viruses, trojans, spyware, etc.



TANSTAAFL!




On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 6:21 pm, Anthony wrote:

>well im willing to spend as much as it cost 

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It's either security or your file sharing, whichever is most important to you. You really can't have both, as they contradict each other. Some of the most knowledgeable, experienced users may be able to manage it, but not the average user.

So what's being said here is that if you have only the necessary ports open with a firewall to run a file-sharing P2P application properly that you will get 'hacked?' I guess that if there are vulnerabilities in the particular P2P client that's being used or a user doesn't set up the files to be shared properly (i.e. sharing the entire drive rather than only a single folder, file, etc.) or sets the client to automatically execute any files downloaded then yes, I can see a problem. I'd be curious as to what really was the cause of the problem the OP has.

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Instant messenger services are big Hacker targets now. A Firewall offers no real protection from this type of Hacker. File sharing in general is avenue for many other Hacking Trojans. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2005/04/04/focus3.html

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One option is to create a limited access account for the P2P software to run under, 
then deny it access to anything except the folder your shared files are in.

1) Create a "Guest" account with a strong password (typically 10 characters, no birthdays 
or the like)
2) Add the new user account to the P2P folder
3) Right-Click the P2P program and choose "Run As"
4) Select the "The Following User" option
5) Enter the username and password you created
6) Click "OK"

** The reason you create a "Guest" account is because "Guest" doesn't show up on 
any permissions by default. Typically "Users", "Administrators" and "System" do...

** Just for safety's sake, you can check the permissions on IExplore.exe (Internet 
Explorer) and remove the user account if it shows up there.

** If you open Task Manager and check "Show processes from all users", you should 
see your P2P running under the new account







On Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 9:47 am, Steve wrote:

>Instant messenger services are big Hacker targets now. A Firewall offers no real 

>protection from this type of Hacker. File sharing in general is avenue for many 
other 

>Hacking Trojans.

>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2005/04/04/focus3.html 

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fundamentally, winXP is not something the average user can easily and reliably configure 
so that using p2p software becomes a "safe" activity.

anyone had any experience with virtual machines that might answer the original question?
TANSTAAFL!

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P2P is not exactly the most favorite theme on this Forum.Probably due to several 
Factors.One is the poor Security a user is able to maintain with one of those Clients 
running.
Another Factor is,that it is considered Off Topic.
You probably can extend the list  Ad Infinitum.
Probably some better answers on some of those P2P-Forums.Google has tons of Hits 
on that Topic.

:)    werner
 List of Lists

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alright so someone tell me a firewall i have 6000dollars i won on a lottery ticket and im 14 so yeah just tell me a firewall

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this is getting boring...

go google and pick one

bye



TANSTAAFL!




On Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 7:06 pm, Anthony wrote:

>alright so someone tell me a firewall i have 6000dollars i won on a lottery ticket 

>and im 14 so yeah just tell me a firewall 

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This forum is for Windows XP related issues. Pick anything, doesn't matter. It's 
your decision to make. 

Or, go ask some of your peers on a P2P forum what they recommend. Oh, that's right.. 
they steal most of the apps they want. 

Anyhow, goodbye. It appears everyone's had enough of you. 


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