Re: Best Firewall / Anti Virus combo on XP

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Richard

I am a little wary of having no firewall other than the SP2 offering. I was
always happy with McAfee firewall. It was intelligent and never let anything
through that I didn't want. Unfortunately, their 2005 suite is so invasive
that I just can't recommend them anymore. Both anti-virus and firewall do a
great job, but at the expense of performance. Shades of Norton finally.

Kerio firewall looked promising, but I gotten sick of having to tell it what
to do. The free Zonealarm was blocking stuff left, right and centre, and
after only three hours, I dumped it. I guess that I should be less of a
cheapskate, and buy the Pro version. We will see.

I have heard all good things about 'The Shield Pro'. Maybe I will try that
route before committing to Zonealarm. Until that time, I will leave SP2
sitting behind the router 'just in case'. :-)


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23RNw0H5uFHA.3400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If you ever got a key logger on your computer Mike, you would be very
> happy if you had ZoneAlarm installed first. All it takes is a visit to one
> site, and who knows when that may happen. I am darn careful yet I have had
> one or two installed on my systems in the past 3 years.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23LLSw94uFHA.464@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Lua
>>
>> I was an advocate of McAfee suite, but the 2005 version is so invasive..
>> Zonealarm and Kerio firewalls are a pain, and I would not use Norton
>> Anything.. I now use AVG and the SP2 firewall..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Lua" <lua@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:432c1387_2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I'm currently using ZoneAlarm Wireless and AVG 7.0. So far this is the
>>> best combo I've found. I've tried other firewalls (Tiny, Fsecure etc.)
>>> but can't get on with them. My last AV was V-Com FixIt 6.0 which I found
>>> great for virus detection but useless at deleting/cleaning.
>>> I've tried all-in-one solution (FSecure) but always found something I
>>> didn't like.
>>> Just wondering what others experiences are.
>>> Lu
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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