Re: Zon Alarm vs/and Windows firewall?

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I agree. I see no reason why you can not run more than one firewall.


"James" wrote:

> John Barnett MVP wrote:
> > Running two firewall 'does not' give you double the protection so what is
> > the point? Zone Alarm is far superior to Windows Firewall. Zone Alarm
> > recommend that you disable Windows Firewall prior to installing ZA. If you
> > have two firewalls enabled they are both trying to open the same ports and
> > execute the same applications and this is where problems can occur.
> >
> I understand what you're saying, John. But so far we've never
> experienced any problems whatsoever. And when we go to any of the sites
> that check security, we're completely invisible which was not the case
> when we ran only one firewall.
>
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