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Thread ID: 59409 2005-07-01 13:36:00 50% Chance Unprotected Windows Compromised in 12 Minutes vinref (6194) PC World Chat
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368519 2005-07-03 10:52:00 laura....XP firewall (sp1 or sp2) only really stops incoming. its best to ditch it and use another such as ZA simply because it alows the user some degree of controll of what access the net.

XP firewalls and ZA can run at the same time but there is very little need for it. it causes less problems if you disable the XP one when useing another software firewall.
tweak'e (69)
368520 2005-07-03 11:16:00 Builds of Zonealarm released since SP2 disable the XP firewall on install, If you instuct it not to then it has a habit of nagging you to death about running them both and offers to kill the XP Firewall Service. Metla (12)
368521 2005-07-03 12:10:00 Thanks tweak'e & Metla.
Just the info I needed.
Started ZoneAlarm download...
Laura (43)
368522 2005-07-04 03:30:00 Ignorance is bliss, I love not running firewalls :D Chilling_Silence (9)
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