Category Archives: Malicious Software

There are 2 types of computer firewall. One is a network firewall and other is personal computer firewall. A network firewall is basically the skin of your system; it is considered the first line of defense for your network. That is, it absolutely serves as a guarding system for both incoming and outgoing traffic that happens in your computer system. The main purpose of a firewall is to keep unwanted and uninvited guests from browsing and checking your network, as well as install malicious code that could further compromise the network’s security. This can be a hardware device or either a software application and usually is placed at the outskirts of the system to operate as the gatekeeper for all incoming and outgoing traffic.

It’s pretty common knowledge that majority of Microsoft’s operating systems have a fair number of vulnerabilities and exploits that hackers and other malicious individuals tend to take advantage of in order to compromise your system and use it to spread malware, or even collect sensitive data which they can use to steal identities and even finances.

Speaking from personal experience, I’ve never had it either detect or remove any malware, and that’s not because my machine wasn’t infected.