<tony@well.com> wrote in message
news:fc5mhv0e9lpmsqtv3teorc8563vuhv7ut0@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:57:52 -0400, "mto" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> >The free version is
> >just a basic firewall. Pro version adds capabilities like ad blocking
(not
> >just pop-ups - all ads) and allows you to block scripts, cookies & mobile
> >code on a site by site basis as well as across the board. Worth every
dime
> >since much of the newest spyware seems to be magically appearing along
with
> >those ads even at otherwise very respectable sites.
>
> Is it correct to say then, that once such a firewall prevents the
> intrusion of baddies, it also becomes unnecessary to use a spyware
> hunter (except to eliminate the baddies that have already infected the
> OS)?
>
> T.
> ========================
> Tony Roder, speaking his mind....

More the other way around. Once you have used the appropriate spyware
detection tools to clean the machine then the firewall will help to keep out
further infection.