Windows XP Home User Self-Defence Guide - Personal Firewalls
Personal Firewalls. Personal Firewalls were originally designed to protect single PC's connected to the Internet. You absolutely should have one of them if: Your computer's files need to be accessed remotely across the Internet. ... a number of good "free" personal firewalls but they were loss leaders ...
http://www.uksecurityfocus.com/husdg/windowsxp/firewalls.htm
Personal firewalls are ‘futile’ | The Register
... program running on their systems, personal firewalls have been adapted so they monitor ... how the trick can fool personal firewalls ( such as Zone Alarm, Norton Personal Firewall and ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/22788.html
IT-Analysis.com - Personal firewalls are 'futile'
Personal firewalls are 'futile'. Security researchers have highlighted a potential shortcoming with personal firewall products. To alert users of the presence of a Trojan or privacy threatening ... or privacy threatening program running on their systems, personal firewalls have been adapted so they monitor and block ...
http://www.it-analysis.com/article.php?id=1773
PC Flank: Make sure you're protected on all sides.
... of outbound filtering feature used by some personal firewalls. Such tools act like trojans ... we have downloaded eight leading personal firewalls to compare how these products ...
http://www.pcflank.com/art21.htm
NOTE: This info about Personal Firewalls has been obtained from the internet.