Windows Vista Home Premium firewall/defender question.

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  1. *Windy

    *Windy Banned Idiot

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    A friend has a new Vaio with Windows Vista Home Premium on it.After looking on the interweb I believe it comes with Windows Firewall and Windows Defender. Is there any need for her to download any further protection?</p>
     
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    They do come with Vista....

    ...and yes, she'd be well advised to get extra protection. From what I read, both are regarded as reasonable for free software but that's about it. Of course, all security software is only partially effective and I don't think anybody truly knows how much is necessary and whether they are sufficiently protected. Most security software seems a bit "black box" to me. I have a firewall built into my wireless router but is this effective? Chuff knows.
     
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    She should get further protection

    if she is planning to have sexual intercourse and doesn't want a kid.
    apparently vista is ***** for that - bloody Microsoft and the loopholes in their operating systems!


    Seriously though - I'd got Vista and have those, but my PC also came with McAfee so I'm running both.
     
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