{"id":24,"date":"2009-07-03T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T20:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2010-09-23T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T04:21:09","slug":"if-i-have-a-firewall-do-i-need-an-antivirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"If I have a firewall, do I need an antivirus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yes<\/strong>.\u00a0 A firewall will <strong>not<\/strong> protect you from viruses\u00a0and\/or other malware (malicious software).<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>firewall<\/strong> limits access from outside your network by blocking or restricting ports. It is a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>An <strong>antivirus<\/strong> works inside your network and searches for viruses and removes any that are found.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to truly protect your computer from potential threats we suggest having at least one firewall and antivirus installed on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:parts@bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\">Bonza<\/a>\u00a0via email to enquire about our preferred anti-virus and firewall program that takes up the lowest resources on your computer. The cost for the home or home office software\u00a0is $92.50 for\u00a01 license a year; each additional license gains a discount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes.\u00a0 A firewall will not protect you from viruses\u00a0and\/or other malware (malicious software). A firewall limits access from outside your network by blocking or restricting ports. It is a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[373],"tags":[15,14],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2670,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}