I completely agree with you, Daniel. After yeards spent battling 3rd party firewalls either included with AVs/ISs or just standalone, the fact that the Windows Firewall is such a good piece of kit is a real boon.

 

All I use now, other than having the WSA Firewall switched on, is a Windows Firewall helper (that shall remain nameless...;)) as and when I want to double check what is going on with the inbound and outbound connections, etc.

 

Regards, Baldrick

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