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Re: Disabled? Yeah, right...

"So how does this external firewall know that the HTTPS traffic to/from PayPal or your bank is a virus in the IME and not you in your browser of choice? The source and destination IPs are the same and the encrypted traffic is unreadable."

Quite frankly until someone proves that it is in fact possible to run malware on that level I would not give it a second thought. Burglars do not need use cat flap if front door is unlocked and wide open.

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