do i need a firewall software when i already have a router (which acts itself as a a firewall)?

depends what you are protecting, and what kind of protection you are after

depends what you are protecting, and what kind of protection you are after

well my computer and all its data i d say...havent had a problem though so far ..but i was wandering if to have an extra firewall software would b meaningful ...

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.

agree.

outbound stuff from your pc is a problem, comodo or zone alarm are fine. i prefer zone alarm pro...

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