Mike Powell -> Jeff Guerdat wrote:
 MP> | The biggest difference between the XP firewall and 3rd party ones is
 MP> | that the 3rd party software also blocks outgoing connections until
 MP> | approved.  XP's simply blocks incoming which is fine if you can
 MP> | guarantee no nefarious software being installed that "calls
home" or
 MP> | otherwise utilizes outgoing traffic.  Since there's so many free options
 MP> | out there, there's no reason to stick with the XP one...
 +-[JG=>> MP]

 MP> This person has had problems in the past.  At one point, I believe they
 MP> were probably running a zombie for China and East Europe all at once.  I
 MP> had warned them about keeping things up to date, but they've admitted that
 MP> maybe they have not.

These are the people who should be gently (but firmly) steered away from
Windows entirely. Maybe install KUbuntu onto their computer and tell them
that it's the new version of Windows.
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