Re: Speaking of XP Firewall......
From: MR (mr_at_mr.com)
Date: 02/22/04
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 08:45:19 -0700
Hi All who responded,
So I also use the ICF from winXP-And if I havent gotten ZoneAlarn it is
because of lack of enough Knowledge in all the firewalls. But reading stuff
alone, does not do it for me. I like to hear from regular users like
yourselves to learn and decide.
Well, I am convinced I probably should join the crowd and try ZA free
version.
SHould I:
(1) "uncheck" the part on my ICF that says protect my computor.....etc.
before I go to the ZA web site and downloar their version??
(2)Do they offer free tech support if I have a question or other?
Curious: Why is it necessary to firewall outgoing stuff as well??
If ICF works pretty good at blocking incoming traffic, then why would one
need to block outgoing (cause supposedly nothing can get in)?
Is it because of the trojens and spyware??I use ad-aware free to remove
spyware. Thanks for enlighting me on these issues Im new at
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
news:103gb6ndrcuqo25@corp.supernews.com...
> Greetings --
>
> WinXP's built-in firewall is adequate at stopping incoming attacks,
> and hiding your ports from probes. It doesn't give you any alarms to
> tell you that it is working, though. What WinXP also does not do, is
> protect you from any Trojans or spyware that you might download and
> install inadvertently. It doesn't monitor out-going traffic at all,
> much less block (or at least ask you about) the bad or the
> questionable out-going packets.
>
> ZoneAlarm, Kerio, or Sygate are all much better than WinXP's
> built-in firewall, and are much more easily configured, and there are
> free versions of each readily available. Even Symantec's Norton
> Personal Firewall is superior by far, although it does take a heavier
> toll of system performance then do ZoneAlarm or Sygate.
>
>
> Bruce Chambers
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