is there a program to protect against hackers so u cant get hacked or is your firewall what protects against that type of stuff?

Imax

Your FireWall is what protects against Hacker's

shabazz42

can u tell me quick how to make sure my firewall is on

Imax

did you buy your firewall as software or are u using the windows xp firewall

shabazz42

windows xp

Imax

well try going to controls and see if there is a firewall link there or go to controls and open the network connections page and right click on the icon and click properties and there should be a tab for firewall and it will have a box that shows if it is enabled or disabled . Hope this helps.

thebriggsdude

go to your firewall options etc and make sure its on. plus as a good firewall use zonealarm

LTheobald

If you have SP2 installed you can also try Start >> Accessories >> System Tools >> Security Center or Start >> Control Panel >> Security Center.

That will be worth a look at if you are concerned about how XP protects itself from hackers.

psi42

If you want to test it, go to https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and do a scan. Please only do this if you are in charge of your own gateway (meaning you are not within someone else's network). If your firewall is working properly, the scan will report all packets were dropped.

fredg

Hi,
You can also go to Start/Run , then type in MSCONFIG
Click on the StartUp tab at top of that window.
Look to the left, to see all the programs that are starting up (start running in the background) when you boot up the computer.
Scroll down the left hand side, and you can see the names associated with all your startup programs.

Also, if you wish to try a very good, free, firewall, that can be set to either accept signals to your computer, or not, it is Sygate Personal Firewall, available at http://www.cnet.com/downloads.

Firewalls stop anything from coming into or going out of your computer. It only allows it if you tell it that it's OK.
Best wishes,
fredg