Internet security with most open ports

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by dnewhous, Jul 4, 2017.

  1. dnewhous

    dnewhous Registered Member

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    Which home use antivirus, freeware, or shareware, and by home use I mean not Sophos enterprise, has the most open ports? In particular which leaves 3 open ports for Realplayer?
     
  2. guest

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    The problem is probably in your router
     
  3. Smiggy

    Smiggy Registered Member

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  4. imdb

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    @dnewhous

    umm, i really don't think that your av is the culprit here.look elsewhere like a misconfigured router or fw you know.
     
  5. NormanF

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    hardware firewalls are robust.

    Any one with a broadband modem/router already has one enabled by default.
     
  6. Smiggy

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    I know there was a spate of ISP's supplying routers with the SPI firewall disabled by default, Virgin Media here in UK were one such culprit.
     
  7. gorblimey

    gorblimey Registered Member

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    "it ain't necessarily so..." (Gershwin Bros, Porgy & Bess)

    Routers supply NAT which acts an effective Stateless Firewall, but only some have SPI, see http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/hw_feature_118.
     
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