Vista - How good is Vistas firewall

I'm troubled by conflicts between
Norton Internet Security / and Vista. Reading the treads here
i se others have the same. So, can someone tell me:
Can I go with Vistas Firewall alone. Provided the
auto-update is switched on. If not sufficient, i can´t
se why the Microsoft did not made their firewall better.

Would you advise against going with Vistas firewall alone
Thank you for an answer!.

--sen

"sen" <sen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eZgtauNbIHA.1168@xxxxxx
The Vista firewall is better than any Symantec offering. Keep the Vista
firewall and uninstall anything Norton, replacing the av part with either
AVG or Avast if you want free products, or NOD32 if you don't mind paying..

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

Em Segunda, 11 de Fevereiro de 2008 18:26, sen escreveu:
test your firewall here

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

this test doesn't lie to us...

Vista's firewall is very good.

Just because it does not do popups with "allow" and "deny" for everything
does not mean it is not working. It knows what is what!

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Uninstall norton completely, and use Avast from the above link.
It is a low resource-using program, and is vista 32bit and 64bit compatible.

"sen" wrote:

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:26:13 +0100, sen wrote:
You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in
itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.

"Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil.
http://www.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html

Jesper's Blogs-
At Least This Snake Oil Is Free.
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...l-is-free.aspx
Windows Firewall: the best new security feature in Vista?
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_joha...01/426921.aspx

Exploring The Windows Firewall.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...l/default.aspx
"If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already
compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you
ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a
gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without
doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why
outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it
doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall."

Tap into the Vista firewall's advanced configuration features
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...7-6098592.html
"...once you discover the secret of accessing its advanced configuration
settings via the MMC snap-in, you'll find it to be far more configurable
and functional. At last, Windows comes with a sophisticated personal
firewall that can be used to set up outbound rules as well as inbound, with
the ability to customize rules to fit your precise needs."
Or
Configure Vista Firewall to support outbound packet filtering
http://searchwindowssecurity.techtar...247138,00.html
Or
Vista Firewall Control (Free versions available).
Protects your applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing
activity, controls applications internet access.
http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/

Norton's own uninstall tool
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039
As suggested on the site, you may wish to print out the directions before
proceeding.
If the Norton removal tool doesn't work satisfactory use this:
Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Remove unwanted programs and traces easily
http://www.revouninstaller.com/
and/or
RegSeeker
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
RegSeeker will remove all associated detritus (registry keys,files and
folders) from any application. I found this application user friendly and
very effective but suggest *not* to use the 'Clean the Registry' option.
Click onto 'Find in registry' and in the 'Search for' box type *Norton*;
The pertinent registry keys can then be safely deleted (just in case,
ensure that the 'Backup before deletion' is checked). Repeat the task by
typing in the Search for' box *Symantec*. You can then go on search and
remove associated files as well.
Then use NTREGOPT to compact the registry; Follow instructions.
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt

I'm using the Vista firewall but I'm also behind a hardware firewall in my
router. Coupled with decent anti-virus and anti-spyware products, I'm
confident that it's perfectly adequate. If you're not on a router I'm not
so sure. Hopefully a more informed answer will be along shortly...


"sen" <sen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eZgtauNbIHA.1168@xxxxxx

As everyone has mention already, Vista's firewall is great. However, the outbound protection is not enabled by default, so you're only getting inbound protection. I've explained this more fully here and recommend a very nice program called Vista Firewall Control to enable the outbound protection.

Oops, I see Kayman has already mentioned Vista Firewall Control in his post. Sorry...

Thank you all for the fast and rich response!.
--sen