catilley1092
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This has been a topic of discussion for years now, but I'm wondering if things have improved. I have my own wireless internet modem for purchasing, checking emails, etc. But I live in an area where there are 4 legal "hotspots". Two of them are local cafes, one is the public library, and the other is a friendly neighbor who provides a unsecured "guest" network. That one has a "N" type router and I have a B,G and N adapter, and the connection is lightning fast (Earthlink). The library isn't bad,either. As the OS's and virus and malware protection is better than ever, is the Windows firewall as good as the rest of Windows 7? I have no open ports or "backdoor" as it was once called. As long as I'm browsing, downloading and even on this forum, am I safe enough? I always thought that was what the firewall is for, and it should be more secure than ever now. Am I correct in my assumption? I've been using public networks for three years now with only one problem, and even my paid modem wouldn't have caught it. I simply clicked onto the wrong link, and I'm sure that it's happened to most of us. I used the free Avast virus cleaning tool to clean it up, then scanned with Windows Live Safety Scanner. It was called a swisser virus, or something to that nature. That was a year ago. This is a topic that I've yet to see on here, is free wi-fi safe today?