Re: free Zone Alarm firewall compared to SP2
From: Rho_1r (Rho_1r_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/13/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:05:02 -0700
I use winxp and uninstalled zone alarm, of course there are a few other items
installed as well.
"george" wrote:
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> "Moe Belli" <mbelli@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:OCdVvYbmEHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
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> > I was wondering which is better? Should I get rid of Zone Alarm and just
> > use the built in Windows XP SP2 firewall? Does Zone Alarm give me anything
> > that XP's firewall doesn't give me features wise?
> >
> >
> >
> > MB
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> for openers ZA will monitor both incoming as well as outgoing traffic.
> Windows Firewall only monitors incoming.
>
> For me that alone has been the single most important feature for sticking
> with ZA (or any other Personal Firewall) instead of Windows Firewall. Just
> suppose despite all your precautions, you actually succeeded in hosting some
> dialer or other spy/malware that shares my info with the world without you
> knowing, because outgoing traffic is not monitored.
>
> :-))
> george
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