FirewallA firewall is a barrier between your computer and the rest of the internet, there to make sure you are as safe as you can be from hackers, worms, viruses and all the other nasty people and programs out there.
If you have a connection to the internet then you need one for your own protection.
At its simplest, a firewall stops anything you don´t know about passing between your computer and the internet.
Hardware firewalls are separate boxes that you connect to your computer to monitor the data coming into your computer. Read more
Software firewalls are generally more tricky to setup but are more flexible and look for suspicious data going from your computer (as well as into it). This could be useful if a virus has entered your computer via an e-mail or disk and is trying to use your internet connection to send out information you don´t want it to. We recommend ESET Smart Security. Read More
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