firewall/av

[sxterra06]

Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?

[Ze Muffinman]

Free Firewall: Great! Best one currently available.
Everything else: No.
sxterra06 wrote:
> Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?

[Andy Walker]

sxterra06 wrote:

>Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?

I use ZA AV and it includes a "better than free" firewall. The user
interface for AV is lousy and I've had trouble with the license after
upgrading to a newer version... overall I'd say it works better than
either Norton or McAfee's AV/Firewall and it was a heck of a lot
cheaper ($19.95 for one year.) I would buy it again.

I have also been impressed with Trend Micros Internet Suite (FW/AV)
since I loaded it on my Mother's computer I have not had any incidents
that I've had to help her fix (unlike the free ZA firewall where I've
had to talk her through "unblocking" programs). And every time I look
at her computer I can not find any spyware/adware/malware that has
snuck in under the wire - that is saying a lot if you knew how
clueless my Mom is when it comes to malware.

[Flying Rat]

In article <Wm75h.12892$tH2.4089@newsfe20.lga>, sxterra06@yahoo.com
says...
> Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?
>
>
>
deeply ugly. Best avoided.

[ted s.]

Flying Rat wrote:
> In article <Wm75h.12892$tH2.4089@newsfe20.lga>, sxterra06@yahoo.com
> says...
>> Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?
>>
>>
>>
> deeply ugly. Best avoided.
>
>
That's the problem with asking a question like that, personal opinions
aren't worth much. ZoneAlarm works great for many people, including me.
Some, apparantly, have no luck with it.

[Bunge]

sxterra06 <sxterra06@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?

Myself I'm running Kerio tweaked up tight as I can get it and it's never
let me down. Just about tried them all over the years and never did
rate ZA free version or paid up TBH. Horses for courses init? IMHO
it's down to the way one sets up a firewall and I've found Kerio the
best of the bunch for customising.

HTH.

[Drumstick]

In article <ej5buo$i85$1@inews.gazeta.pl>, bunge@myob.it says...
> sxterra06 <sxterra06@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?
>
> Myself I'm running Kerio tweaked up tight as I can get it and it's never
> let me down. Just about tried them all over the years and never did
> rate ZA free version or paid up TBH. Horses for courses init? IMHO
> it's down to the way one sets up a firewall and I've found Kerio the
> best of the bunch for customising.
>
> HTH.
>
>

Are you using the pre-Sunbelt version of Kerio?

As for ZA, I think it was ok but uninstalling it was a nightmare! On
that basis alone I'd avoid it. There are others that do just as well (or
better?) that aren't such a PITA to uninstall.

Same reason I avoid Symantec like the plague!

My .02 worth...

Drum--

[ted s.]

I don't make recommendations, unlike you who runs off at the mouth every
chance you get. I've also never had spyware in years of browsing with IE
and using OE simply because I don't run them with administrative privileges.
Anyone can avoid problems by using something like DropMyRights from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...re11152004.asp

Far Canal wrote:
> ted s. wrote
>
>
>>>> Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> deeply ugly. Best avoided.
>>>
>>>
>> That's the problem with asking a question like that, personal
>> opinions aren't worth much. ZoneAlarm works great for many people,
>> including me. Some, apparantly, have no luck with it.
>>
>>
>>
>
> You also use OE, I'd take your opinions with a large pinch of salt.
>
> A link to a firewall testing site was posted here recently. ZA scored
> very badly, I believe it narrowly beat not having a firewall at all.

[Bunge]

In news:MPG.1fc00ba88b763f8598970f@newsgroups.bellsou th.net,
Drumstick <to_abuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <ej5buo$i85$1@inews.gazeta.pl>, bunge@myob.it says...
>> sxterra06 <sxterra06@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Anyone have an opinion on Zone Alarm, is it good, bad, or ugly?
>>
>> Myself I'm running Kerio tweaked up tight as I can get it and it's
>> never let me down. Just about tried them all over the years and
>> never did rate ZA free version or paid up TBH. Horses for courses
>> init? IMHO it's down to the way one sets up a firewall and I've
>> found Kerio the best of the bunch for customising.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>>
>
> Are you using the pre-Sunbelt version of Kerio?

Yes, IIRC Sunbelt aquired Kerio around end of 2005, yes?

> As for ZA, I think it was ok but uninstalling it was a nightmare! On
> that basis alone I'd avoid it. There are others that do just as well
> (or better?) that aren't such a PITA to uninstall.
>
> Same reason I avoid Symantec like the plague!
>
> My .02 worth...
>
> Drum--

[ted s.]

Far Canal wrote:
>
> A link to a firewall testing site was posted here recently. ZA scored
> very badly, I believe it narrowly beat not having a firewall at all.
>
Why anyone posts such nonsense is beyond me. The original poster, instead
of listening to some bozo who references an unknown link and "believes"
something silly about it, should look at a page like firewall.net,
http://www.firewall-net.com/en/zonealarm/test.php or cnet, or a dozen
others that have rated ZA highly over the years. Or try it and go to
ShieldsUp or somewhere similar where they will find that every port is
stealthed. Some like ZoneAlarm and some don't, but only the truly clueless
would say that it's like "not having a firewall at all."