FireWalls

A firewall is means of blocking access to a computer and and any private data contained on it, while connected to an external network such as the Net.

When you are online, your computer uses ports to communicate with the Web. There are over 65,000 discrete ports (65,536 to be exact), each used for different types of data transmission. For example:

• Port 80 is used for standard HTTP Web surfing.
• Port 21 for FTP servers.

Unused ports are often used to gain entry to your computer without your knowledge. Firewalls monitor the ports on your PC and alert you to any unauthorised attempts to transmit or receive data.

• https://personalfirewall.comodo.com/
  Comodo free personal firewall for Windows.
   
• https://www.zonealarm.com/software/free-firewall/release-history
  Download the free version of ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm for Windows.

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