Locking ports on win xp.

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Bat- Man

My question.

Is there a freeware program that blocks all those open ports without
closing important ones that needs to be left open? I'm afraid If I try
myself to monkey with it I'll mess something up, and close an important
port.

It seems like I'm always getting worms ect. and I have avast and AVG on
the winxp and I suspect they are getting through a open port.
          
Bat-Man
 
Bat- Man said:
My question.
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My answer
Is there a freeware program that blocks all those open ports without
closing important ones that needs to be left open?
Yes

I'm afraid If I try
myself to monkey with it I'll mess something up, and close an important
port.
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How might you do that?
It seems like I'm always getting worms ect.
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This is entirely down to user/puter interface disfunctionality. No
software can protect you in this environment.
and I have avast and AVG
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Disable one of them.
on
the winxp and I suspect they are getting through a open port.
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You are at the bottom of a learning curve.

Go here for starters:

http://grc.com/default.htm

And here for a fuller picture

http://www.hackerwhacker.com/

If you are a troll; hey you've scored. Result, eh?
 
Hi jo
no Im not a trool Im just trying to set my puter up so I dont get worms
on my xp

as you can see Im on webtv, where I surf most of the time.

My puter I built myself for my daughter to use and Im pretty good also
on installing programs ect but I fear getting into the reg. and balling
things up.

Thanks for the Info Jo

Bat-Man
 
on installing programs ect but I fear getting into the reg. and balling
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XP is great for non techie types. If you mess something up, it usually fixes
itself. If not, simply RESTORE to the last good configuration.

Bob

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My question.

Is there a freeware program that blocks all those open ports
without closing important ones that needs to be left open? I'm
afraid If I try myself to monkey with it I'll mess something up,
and close an important port.

It seems like I'm always getting worms ect. and I have avast and
AVG on the winxp and I suspect they are getting through a open
port.           
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If you're using Windows XP, enable the internet connection firewall
(ICF), and then patch your system. That will keep out 99% of the
baddies. Use common sense for the other 1% (don't run strange
attachments, don't visit sites of bad reputation, run an antivirus and
anti-spyware ap, etc) and you'll likely be fine.
 
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