Finding And Using The Windows 7 Firewall
The best thing Microsoft ever did for security was turn on the firewall by default way back in the days of Windows XP, Service Pack (SP) 2. A firewall is a program that restricts access to (and from) your computer. It makes your computer much safer, and should never be turned off for any computer connected to the Internet. Before XP SP2, the Windows firewall was turned off by default, meaning users had to know it was there, and turn it on themselves, or be left unprotected....