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| 1128641 | 2010-08-17 03:28:00 | My wife installed the newest version of ZA (Zone Alarm Firewall) Free and the computer slowed down - Windows XP. Research through PF1 seems that a good many use ZA without problems. What about PCTools Firewall Plus? any opinions / suggestions? |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1128642 | 2010-08-17 03:33:00 | Windows XP firewall is adequate, why bother with third party software? also, if you are using an ADSL router NAT provides basic firewall functionality so using a firewall on your PC is pointless unless you have multiple unpatched PCs on the local network. | Deimos (5715) | ||
| 1128643 | 2010-08-17 03:38:00 | I dislike ZA, it's reasonably heavy when you compare it to the likes of NOD32, and you don't really need a 3rd party firewall. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1128644 | 2010-08-17 03:40:00 | Windows firewall with MSSE works very well for my needs. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1128645 | 2010-08-17 03:47:00 | My wife installed the newest version of ZA (Zone Alarm Firewall) Free and the computer slowed down - Windows XP. I dumped Zone Alarm some years ago for exactly this reason. Never missed it and Windows firewall is fine. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1128646 | 2010-08-17 03:51:00 | Thank you all for your input! Much appreciated. Cheers, NZHawk |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1128647 | 2010-08-17 06:46:00 | My wife installed the newest version of ZA (Zone Alarm Firewall) Free and the computer slowed down - Windows XP. Research through PF1 seems that a good many use ZA without problems. What about PCTools Firewall Plus? any opinions / suggestions? for some reason the latest version of za is an xp killer. i updated to it and everything turned to s t. luckilly i still had a copy of the installer package from the older veersion. uninstalled new reinstalled old everything back to normall. now looking for an easy free fw with simular features for xp and my second 7 trial. |
angry (15305) | ||
| 1128648 | 2010-08-17 08:02:00 | Add me for no ZA, AVG etc. Just got rid of these in a low end XP laptop and added MSE with Win firewall. The difference in responsiveness was amazing. | linw (53) | ||
| 1128649 | 2010-08-17 10:54:00 | Windows XP firewall is adequate, why bother with third party software? also, if you are using an ADSL router NAT provides basic firewall functionality so using a firewall on your PC is pointless unless you have multiple unpatched PCs on the local network. The XP and router firewall will not stop any outgoing packets so in my opinion you do need one. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1128650 | 2010-08-17 11:27:00 | The XP and router firewall will not stop any outgoing packets so in my opinion you do need one. XP does actually stop unknown apps from talking to the network, so I don't know WTF your are talking about. And the purpose of a firewall is to block unsolicited, or malicious incoming traffic, if you want to block outgoing traffic you might as well unplug your NIC. And I don't know why people are so concerned with blocking outbound connections, seriously, on any PC all your info is given up readily by your browser and/or browsing habits, so blocking outbound connections for anything other than your browser is pretty much pointless... |
Deimos (5715) | ||
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