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do i need a firewall software when i already have a router (which acts itself as a a firewall)?
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depends what you are protecting, and what kind of protection you are after
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Originally Posted by DimaYasny 
depends what you are protecting, and what kind of protection you are after
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look at it this way: your router will stop anything that is trying to "knock on your doors", like worms and suchlike, that spread on their own. but it will not help if you get a virus/trojan by downloading it yourself from some unsafe website or email, because those would reach from within your system outwards, trying to send out data. in that case a proper firewall software, as well as an antivirus are what you need.
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