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| 52020 | 2002-06-02 01:51:00 | Which firewall is better - Zonealarm Pro, or Nortons Personal Firewall. What has the better applications? I am just a home user using XP and was thinking of installing a Firewall and was wondering what one was better. Thanks Craig. |
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| 52021 | 2002-06-02 03:11:00 | If stopping malicious programs from getting out is as much a priority as stopping people getting in, then I would recommend ZoneAlarm Pro. It comes down to the way in which ZA and NPF deal with outgoing traffic. NPF merely looks at the file name of the program trying to access the 'net, where as AZ does some lind of checksum (from what I understand) that will detect a change in a program. The problem with NPF is that a malicious piece of software could change it's name to that of a trusted program (say Internet Explorer for example) and NPF would let it through. Also, I believe NPF has some stupid autoadd feature that does just what you don't want it to do - unsure of the details. I use the standard version (free) of ZA and find it very good. |
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| 52022 | 2002-06-02 04:46:00 | Craig, I would rate Norton's PF, or even better, Norton Internet Security much higher than ZoneAlarm or ZA Pro - Many people have problems running ZA; more trouble than its worth. But if you're using XP, then Norton PF and IS have a problem that *may* come up running under Windows XP - it'll notify you of not enough Virtual Memory - and according to Symantec, they're working on the problem, but haven't come up with a solution yet. Have you considered any other options? McAfee have a Personal Firewall program, which would rate next to NPF, and there are also some reliable free options, like Tiny Personal Firewall, or Agnitum Outpost. HTH Mike. |
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| 52023 | 2002-06-02 05:36:00 | Hi. I'd go NPF as it's built on the engine designed by AtGuard - unbeatable in my experience. It's been crticised by some for the technicality that Mike has mentioned. However that's under it's normal settings, and if it's run in interactive mode then nothing gets through that you don't allow. However ZA also has some great reviews, and it's free. | Guest (0) | ||
| 52024 | 2002-06-02 09:19:00 | Just to clarify, the problem that I mentioned with NPF or NIS has nothing to do with the actual brilliant functioning of the software, its just an error message that displays on computer shutdown - all it needs is for you to click OK and it goes... there is really no error, and absolutely nothing wrong with the software. Mike. |
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| 52025 | 2002-06-03 03:24:00 | There is a firewall that is better than Norton/and Zone alarm. However it is not free like Zone Alarm but it is definitely cheaper than Norton and more air tight. I use Ontrack System Suit 4.0 check out www.ontrack.com I am currently using it. It allows one to interrogate (whois) the sender/receiver it also keeps detailed logs of all programs wanting to access the computer in/out. It also allows one to ask/allow/block any program wanting to access the web and vica versa In short it is excellent. |
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| 52026 | 2002-06-03 09:04:00 | While I have seen several posts by people having problems with ZA I have loaded it on to numerous pc's and have never had a problem. You may want to check out Steve Gibson's site at grc.com. |
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| 52027 | 2002-06-07 05:21:00 | I use ZoneAlarm and have never bothered looking at anything else as it works very well and is free. Check it (or any other firewall) after installing at this address. grc.com |
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