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| 519945 | 2007-01-28 06:52:00 | Hiya guys On this new wireless thingie of mine, which works perfectly by the way (and the One Who Scream's lappie too) there is a Firewall capability. I checked the FW settings, and saw two of the choices not checked (meaning it does not stop it) : Ping from External network ICMP from LAN Is the above OK? Does this mean I can uninstall ZA? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 519946 | 2007-01-28 07:04:00 | It may mean you can now uninstall "the One Who Screams", but that will also uninstall bank balance version 1 and family jewels version 1? Is the router firewall incoming and outgoing. or just incoming only (as is common). If incoming only, leave ZA for outgoing. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 519947 | 2007-01-28 07:23:00 | Hiya guys On this new wireless thingie of mine, which works perfectly by the way (and the One Who Scream's lappie too) there is a Firewall capability. I checked the FW settings, and saw two of the choices not checked (meaning it does not stop it) : Ping from External network ICMP from LAN Is the above OK? Does this mean I can uninstall ZA? sarel You should tick the first and not the second. Then go to www.grc.com and do a "SHields-Up" test. No - the above only stops incoming baddies - ZA will stop anything you already have on your PC from "phoning home" |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 519948 | 2007-01-28 07:58:00 | that will also uninstall bank balance version 1 and family jewels version 1? Too right my dear sir, too right. More so FJ version 3. Ouch. Did a GRC test before I came here today - found my ports either closed or stealthed - with the two options not ticked. Still need to close to pings? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 519949 | 2007-01-28 08:55:00 | Remember that a hardware firewall can only assess threats based on the IP addressing of packets traversing the firewall. They will stop incoming traffic that's not related to anything outgoing from your PC, but usually will trust any application (including any malware possibly on your PC) to initiate IP connections with the outside world, at which point the incoming (reply) traffic becomes "trusted" also. Software firewalls such as ZoneAlarm have the ability to monitor which program initiates a connection, so therefore will always provide an extra layer of protection. My advice? It pays to be paranoid - keep ZA. |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 519950 | 2007-01-28 09:34:00 | i see my router's firewall as a protection to stop baddies coming in but i still have my ZA so the random crap that might be on my comp can't leak stuff out |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 519951 | 2007-01-28 18:53:00 | OK OK I'm convinced - will keep ZA on. Have to reinstall it though, because I've cleaned up my PC yesterday, and ZA got millions of items in its program control that does not exist any more - or is there an easier way? Can I just delete all the "Allow"ed programs and start afresh? Sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 519952 | 2007-01-29 09:22:00 | Can I just delete all the "Allow"ed programs and start afresh? Sure can. :) |
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