Norton Personal Firewall 2000 helps protect your system from hackers looking for open ports, print and file sharing, and other easily accessible entryways into your PC. Worried about Internet Security? You should be. With the proliferation of "always on&quot\; high speed Internet connections like cable modems and DSL you open your computer up to hackers looking for open ports, print and file sharing, and other easily accessible entryways into your PC. Once they gain entry to your PC important files, passwords, banking numbers or other confidential data can be accessed. The best way to stop this is to use firewall software such as Symantec's new Norton Personal Firewall. Configuring Norton Personal Firewall is simple and requires no Internet security knowledge. It recognizes the most common Internet applications on your PC and automatically configures firewall rules for each of them. Choose basic settings quickly with a "low/medium/high&quot\; security slider bar or if you are an advanced user you can customize the settings to your exact preferences. Choose which applications can and cannot access the Internet. Input your personal information such as credit card numbers and social security number and Norton Personal Firewall will alert you if this information is being submitted to an unsecure web site. Cookies can be blocked on a per-site basis, preventing Web sites from tracking your Internet activities. Norton Personal Firewall will track and record which personal information has been sent, and when cookies, e-mail addresses, and other events are blocked. If a program like a Trojan Horse tries to to send information from the PC you will be alerted immediately. Norton Personal Firewall also keeps logs and statistics of IP addresses of potential hackers, attempts to access your computer and authorized connections.