Dieseldog

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boomer

A firewall needs to work in both directions, stopping undesirables getting in, but also stopping resident baddies getting out (router will be incoming only).

If Windows SC stops outgoing on a per-EXE basis, then great - else consider something like (the free) KPF, but be quick 'cos it is about to be retired.

For example, every time i run Windows Media Player, it attempts to connect to the Internet (even though i have disabled all options such as auto-update, auto-download-codecs etc). Do you really want applications to be telling the world what you are doing on your 'pooter (let alone leaking more confidential information)?

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boomer

Just spotted that Kerio PF has been bought by Sunbelt Software - so there is life in the (excellent) old dog yet

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Iain Young

Trouble with XP64 is that they've removed the 16bit subsystem. So anything that is coded using old 16bit routines / calls won't work. Before buying any new antivirus stuff, I'd check that it is definitely supported by the 64bit os.