{"id":3088,"date":"2008-08-14T06:13:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T11:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/14\/your-computer-security-personal-firewalls\/"},"modified":"2008-08-14T06:13:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T11:13:46","slug":"your-computer-security-personal-firewalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=3088","title":{"rendered":"Your Computer Security: Personal Firewalls"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Marco Maseko<\/div>\n

As the prevalence of computer hackers, scammers and viruses increase around the Internet, you should know how and why to install a firewall. Defense from malicious data harming your computer is provided by a firewall. Without one, your computer is prone to a dangerous attacks that can wipe out your data or steal personal information that can negatively impact you.<\/p>\n

The type of firewall required for your computer should be ascertained since there are a wide variety available including those from major corporations such as Microsoft. Chances are that your firewall is already set up and ready to be used if you have a computer that came installed with the Microsoft XP or Vista operating system. You must check that it is turned on and working properly. You need to purchase your own software if you do not have one of these later operating systems. Owners<\/a> of Microsoft XP may still want to purchase separate firewall software as the XP version doesn’t get great reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are many products available, including as the most popular – Norton, AVG, and McAfee and you can either visit a store that sells computer software or download a firewall product through the Internet. The price of software varies depending on how sophisticated it is but there are also plenty of low cost versions available, even from the big name companies. <\/p>\n

A few things must be taken into consideration prior to the installation of your firewall. The program must not stop you using the functions that you need, such as file and printing sharing. Settings can be configured during installation or at a later date using the documentation provided.<\/p>\n

Parts of the Internet may be restricted by a firewall. This can happen if you use a local area network or a router, so it is important that you are familiar with how you connect. Secured networks in particular are difficult to access when you have installed a firewall in place. If you work from home or connect to a company computer, you need to coordinate with the IT department in your company before installing a firewall since they may have specific instructions concerning how to configure its settings so you are still able to connect to them.<\/p>\n

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As the prevalence of computer hackers, scammers and viruses increase around the Internet, you should know how and why to install a firewall. Defense from malicious data harming your computer is provided by a firewall. Without one, your computer is prone to a dangerous attacks that can wipe out your data or steal personal information that can negatively impact you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-3088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-technology","tag-computers-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}