Is the windows firewall supose to be on or off when using Firefox

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To keep your PC secure, it is highly recommended that you keep the Windows Firewall on. You need to make some settings to use Firefox for browsing the internet. Please read these articles for more information: [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firewalls Firewalls], [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Configuring%20Windows%20Firewall Configuring Windows Firewall] and [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls more about Firewalls]

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