Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 8th Feb 2007 22:04 UTC, submitted by Sphinx
Microsoft touts Windows Vista as giving significant security improvements over Windows XP, and it offers the Windows Firewall, with its new two-way filtering feature, as one reason for that better security. But as shipped, the Windows Firewall offers little outbound protection, and it's not clear how outbound protection can be configured to protect against spyware, Trojans and bots.
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Member since:2005-07-06
The kind of users who are most likely to be unknowing bot-net members are those who don't know how to, and aren't interested in configuring Windows firewall.
That's the hell of it. If you're knowledgeable enough to know which programs/services should be granted access to the net and which shouldn't, then you're also probably someone who already follows sensible practices for avoiding malware anyway.
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2006-06-03
Blocking outbound connections is mainly a technique to cut down on bot-net style infestations. The kind of users who are most likely to be unknowing bot-net members are those who don't know how to, and aren't interested in configuring Windows firewall.