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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[And a router with a firewall in it in addition to the firewall in the machine is well worth the tiny extra cost--]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[colcam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 8:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[     its ashame gates, dell, apple and the rest didnt just design the things so freaks couldnt do all this crap in the beginning,it just enabled norton etc to sell you something else, nothing is ever simple and someone has always got their hands in your pockets]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[marc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 9:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your ignorant.  Its not Dell's fault or any of the PC manufacturer's.  Its the fault of the operating system on the PC that they can become infected, and that people know how to write code, and program data that is malicious.  I will say tho running Mac or Linux you are less likely to be attack as they are more secure operating systems than windows.  Also you don't have to buy Norton or spend much money to have a good firewall.  I have a firewall using free open source software that I installed on an old PC I had lying around, so it was free.  also I have AVG Free Anti-virus running on my PC and it does an excellent job.  All free so I say norton and the other Internet security programs can go screw off and stop trying to steal money for things that are and should always be free.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dub]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 10:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[You hit it right on the head.  I say that every time I need to purchase something extra for the tech stuff.  "They " all have to have a piece of the pie and their hand in our pocket.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 21st 2010 6:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Simple, yet informative. Glad more people are now informed. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fiendking04]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 9:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, it's a delicate balance between end-user friendliness and security. Unless you're a serious computer programmer, or have extensive knowledge about the subject at hand, you're probably going to wind up choosing the easier, more friendly aspect.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fiendking04]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 9:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[How do I check to see if I have a Firewall?  That would have been a helpful piece bit of information in this article but all of these "techies" ASSUME that we all know everything. I have no idea if I have a firewall or not.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Audrey Booth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 9:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[audrey booth if your using a antivirus like macafee just double klik on the icoopen it up and it will show you the protection you have]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mike hylton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 9:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[I understand the necessity, but it's a complete pain.  My computer runs as if it HAS a VIRUS it's so freakin' slow!  Sometimes I feel like just taking the risk.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sportygrly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 11:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Windows XP..Provides an excellent firewall...as does mcafee]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[carl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2010 11:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is it ok to use two firewalls running at one time?  I have heard contrary.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[reeseworden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 22nd 2010 1:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Firewalls are spyware in itself.  Most of these "internet security" programs are set by default to record attacks and take a "snapshot" of your system of it fails.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gr8bsn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 22nd 2010 2:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Erect A Firewall To Protect Your PC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/16/erect-a-firewall-to-protect-your-pc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh my goodness, the pool is poluted and our information is at risk.  What are we going to do stop swimming or clean up the pool?  The system is corrupted so there is little that a swimsuit will do to protect you.  The government is corrupting the pool and people will steal your information as long as we have "Secret Evidence."  What can we do?  The system must create standard business practices that make stealing information not worth the time or trouble.  If someone takes your address and phone number to create a new billing address make it a requirement of the shipper to verify the address is correct.  If someone steals your banking information, make it a requirement to verify unusual activity.  Your social security number is practically useless because there's nothing in that account.  A simple verification step nulifies all the corruption and pollutants in the river.  When technology moves faster than the law some criminals will get away with breaking the law if the government wants them to get away with it.  Fear of swimming limits the technology and permits the government to break the law too.  Trust and verify applies to the Internet also.  We can't trust because we don't verify the information is correct.  That's no way anybody should be permitted to do business.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecil Jones]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 22nd 2010 3:17AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
