Re: Which newsgroup is it?

From: Thomas Kuck (Kolossus_at_Sancharnet.in)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:42:13 +0530

The definitions were the latest ones (updated that morning), funny
enough, when I switch off Zone Alarm, the same situation is at hand: the
center notices it but no 'pop up' on the taskbar.

Chris H. wrote:

>The Security Center was probably warning you that Avast wasn't current on
>the definitions or was being contacted from outside to be updated. 8-) The
>Windows Firewall only checks in-coming traffic or monitors whether such
>things as anti-virus programs are updated properly. It does not check
>out-going traffic. Here's information on how the Security Center (Windows
>Firewall) functions:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wfintro.mspx
>
>

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