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| Thread ID: 69498 | 2006-06-03 13:42:00 | ZoneAlarm | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 460213 | 2006-06-04 23:42:00 | ... An excellent 3rd party firewall that I would not hesitate to recommend is Sygate Personal Firewall (SPF), which is free. More info can be found from here: www.sygate.com (http://www.sygate.com) ... Cheers :) It's seems all personal firewall products have been discontinued since 30th Nov 2005! |
bk T (215) | ||
| 460214 | 2006-06-04 23:44:00 | ... So, I chucked it out. And am now using another firewall. Which is totally free. And has no limitations, like the free version of Zonealarm. And the new firewall has cut the loading time in 1/2 down to 20-30 secs, which is what it should be. And doesnt take so long to load. And you dont have to tick this and that, like you have to with Zonealarm, just to be safe. What is it? Can we share? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 460215 | 2006-06-05 00:20:00 | What is it? Can we share? pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 460216 | 2006-06-05 03:45:00 | After all the hassle - blocking this, blocking that (my Outlook also affected), have finally decided and uninstalled ZA . It's too "wild" for me to tame it . Happy with my XP's built-in firewall untill . . . . . Anyway, I wish to thank you all for sharing with me your views and experiences . Cheers Like I said . . . it generates flame wars to mention anything by M$ such as the Windows Defender . But, I like it . . . . use it and it is very quiet in the background . Using Spybot's Resident blacklister helps a lot too . . . just make sure you check TeaTimer and lock down IE in the settings SpyBot gives you . Really . . . firewalls will always generate all sorts of anecdotal evidences and testimonies . . . but use what works for you . With all the inconsistancies that you see here as to opinions and ideas/ideals met or challenged, just be careful no matter what you use . Update update and update some more . . . and do it all the time . . . run SP-2 from the get-go and it'll be smooth and easy interfacing with things you later add . Running multiple anti-virus programs is always a good idea (here come the flames again!), but I do, and I have over the years found a group that work and play well together . No one-anti-virus anything can do it all . . . and you need to have as much of your posterior covered as possible . Just for giggles, I run the following: #1! Is FireFox! . . the safest place to surf . Linksys Etherfast DSL router (for the physical firewall) AVG Free Spybot S&D AdAware SpywareBlaster Windows Defender . . . . . . and for times to clean out trails and tails, add CCleaner (CrapCleaner), Belarc Adviser, HiJackThis, to test the waters every once in a while, MIcrosoft's Baseline Security Adviser for heads-up warnings when I get late or out of date on anything . On Firefox, I also have the extension called "SiteAdviser", a freebee that tells about ratings of results from browser searches . BTW: SiteAdviser has been bought by McAfee, and although I don't care for much from them (McAfee) I will let it run for a while . . . . untill they try to extort money from me or start failing to supply real info . On IE, I run SpoofStick to tell where I go when I click on sites when I absolutely, positively have to use IE, which is as few times as possible . |
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