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  1. October 25th, 2008, 03:22 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by HTRegz View Post
    That it does... but you're thinking way to logically.

    People want to share files and run bittorrent clients (which test for them to have an open port in many cases). Disabling the windows firewall is extremely common.
    Also, if you enable file and printer sharing the windows firewall will automagically poke a hole in itself to allow traffic in from the local network. Even third party (personal) firewalls usually "trust" the local network.

    Guess what that worm scans first?
    Last edited by SirDice; October 25th, 2008 at 03:24 PM.
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