By: Dennis Brooks
The answer to that question is an emphatic YES.
They are both security devices that protect your computer while you are on
the internet, but they do different jobs.
Firewalls
A firewall protects your computer from invasion by blocking the ports that
allow access to your computer, but allows traffic to pass through from it.
There are basically 2 types of firewall, software and hardware. A software
firewall is a program you run on your computer that blocks all the ports for
you, it then checks the programs on your computer to see which ports it needs to
open to allow these programs to run.
A hardware firewall is a separate device that is installed between your
computer and your modem. This then physically stops anything getting to your
computer from outside unless you have allowed it, normally it has certain common
ports open to allow access that is needed.
If you are using a router to
connect to the internet, most of the modern ones have firewalls built into them,
so you don't need an extra device.
Anti-Virus Programs
Anti Virus software protects your computer by stopping the activity of
viruses or malware programs when they have got into it, you may well have
allowed them onto your computer by opening an infected email or visiting a
website that has asked you to download an infected program.
Of course you wouldn't deliberately allow something into your computer so
they are usually disguised as something you do want.
Anti virus software is installed on your computer and is constantly checking
the system for unexpected activity, if it sees some it checks it out, if it is
suspicious it will warn you and you will get the option to delete it or put it
into quarantine.
This is just a very basic overview but as I said at the beginning, to make
sure your computer is as safe as you can make it you need both a firewall and
anti-virus software installed on your system.
Dennis has been working with computers and network marketing for the last 3
years and wants to pass on some of the information he has learnt over that time,
to help you to market better.
His website is http://dennisb.ws there is a lot of
information there to help newcomers to internet marketing.
It is still under
development so there is frequently new information added.
Another aspect he is passionate about is computer security, too many people
do not take the protection of their computers seriously until they are attacked
and possibly their data destroyed, or they find their information is being used
for illegitimate purposes
If you want to learn more about marketing efficiently one of the best
resources available is The Renegade University. You can join for free to get started,
then if you want to upgrade you can.
This was originally created for the MLM industry but the methods are
applicable for all forms of network marketing.
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