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Many people wonder how they can protect themselves from a Windows Vista hack. There are many programs that you can use that will help you have a stronger firewall such as Norton and Zone Alarm, but the thing is that programs such as Norton and Zone Alarm are not doing much for your firewall that Windows Vista cannot already do on its own. Many of those advance features in Norton for your firewall are nothing but fancy looks. They don't offer any added protection against a Windows Vista hack. Perhaps the only benefit that you gain from using these programs is the ease of use. This is one reason why Zone Alarm offers the firewall program for free.
In fact, if you 64-bit Windows Vista or 64-bit Windows 7 then you would be better off using the built-in Windows Vista firewall and Windows Vista Defender to maximum protection from a Windows Vista hack. This is because many of the other anti-virus and firewall programs are not optimized for 64-bit Windows Vista or 64-bit Windows 7.

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