Re: Bad Update?

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"Ken" <mystery@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ken wrote:
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Am I losing anything by using ZA? What's the Windows Firewall got
that ZA doesn't?

No, not really. The ZA firewall checks traffic both in and out where
the XP firewall only checks incoming; ignores outgoing. In fact, MS
even says it's just a basic firewall.
So with XP's firewall if you somehow allowed something malicious in
with a download or from someone else's CD/whatever, there is nothing to
stop it from sending out all your personal info and passwords etc.
unless a response comes back from one of those targets. As I see it,
the advantage of the XP firewall is to be a stop-gap while you're
getting things up and running and until it's replaced by something more
robust.
And of course ZA adds the little bells & whistles that are a ymmv
situation. Personally I find ZA a pretty decent product and have now
installed their "fixed" rev. So far so good.
IMO pretty obnoxious of MS to send out that fix without notifying
what it was, but as it turned out it was pretty quickly recognized so
their little escapade didn't do a lot of damage hassle-wise. MS isn't
the company they used to be, unfortunately.


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