Firewall in XP SP2 -- Microsoft Goofed again -- PCTECH

Subject: [PCTECH] Firewall in XP SP2 -- Microsoft Goofed again
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:12:22 -0700
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Looks like Microsoft goofed again ... turns out the firewall in XP SP2 can be turned OFF by application code.

PCWorld has an article (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117380,00.asp) that indicates that the 3rd party firewall providers automatically turn off the windows firewall when their products are installed and turn it back on when the product is uninstalled.

david

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