Because Windows Firewall filters the traffic that goes on your computer, it can also stop types of malicious software that use network traffic to spread themselves, like Trojan horse attacks and worms. Windows Firewall can provide your computer or device with protection against attacks from your local network or the internet, while still giving you access to the network and the internet. What does the Windows Firewall do for you? Windows XP Service Pack 2 changed its name to Windows Firewall and introduced and improved core capabilities such as that of filtering and blocking incoming connections. Before 2004 it used to be named Internet Connection Firewall and, at that time, it was a rather basic and buggy firewall with lots of compatibility issues. Windows Firewall was first included in Windows XP (back in 2001), and since then it has been improved in each new version of Windows. The Windows Firewall is a security application created by Microsoft and built into Windows, designed to filter network data transmissions to and from your Windows system and block harmful communications and/or the programs that are initiating them. What does the Windows Firewall do for you?.

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