Is it just me or is Windows Firewall about as useful as a paintbrush is useful to a bucket of apples, none of whom can paint?
Several times I've been playing an online game, quit, only to see the Windows Firewall is blocking this program, do you wish to unblock dialog box. WHOAH. You mean you was BLOCKING this game I've just been playing? Gee I'd hate to see the securty risk if you WEREN't blocking it!
And some games I notice, either in the installer or options menu, provide an option to add the program into the exception list. You mean, programs can just ADD themselves at will? What is the point with that? What is to stop Mr. Barry the Hacker from change the text in his trojan horse program from "do you wish to add to firewall exception list", to "click here for free coockies, no trojans - honest". My network could be infected faster than you can say, "what DID the apples do with that paintbrush?" (they ate it, for the record)
Now, I'm a reasonable bloke. Provided I can turn something off, I don't mind how poor it is. But Windows Firewall refuses to die! Each time I run the network wizard, it takes the liberty to reactive itself and, like the Microsoft Paper Clip, just doesn't know when to quit! Argh! It is increadably annoying, wondering why this program does not work, to quit and find Windows Firewall has been blocking it (on the rare occasions it DOES block it!).
So is it just me, or is Windows Firewall a great plauge that befouls all of cyberdom?
Note: NO disagreeing technical information allowed!
