Anilrgowda

hi

Just so you know, WinXP's built-in firewall does not attempt to manage or restrict outbound connections at all. It appears to be a useful firewall for hiding the machine from the Internet (it has "stealth mode" unsolicited packet handling), but you will still need to use a good third-party personal firewall if you wish to manage and control outbound connections from your system.


Many firewalls softwares claim to be the latest state-of-the-art, most secure and amazing things ever to grace your hard drive. But few actually are. Many are simply junk.

you can Test your firewall with LeakTest and also with ShieldsUP!

if the leaktest says unable to connect ,you passed the test .
then try shieldsUP .

Also take a look at this .

good luck