firewall/av

[Kayman]

Hello:

If you're concerned about outbound filtering then you should go with a paid
version of software firewall. Otherwise the Windows Firewall (SP2) appears
to be sufficiently adequate.

Analyse this:
http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests_overview.php

Good luck

[What's in a Name?]

sxterra06 aka sxterra06@yahoo.com in
alt.privacy.spyware,<Wm75h.12892$tH2.4089@newsfe20 .lga> after much
thought,came up with this jewel:

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

You would be better off to go buy a router with built in firewall.

max
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[cmsix]

"Far Canal" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fc041771f3c1ce9989e41@news.readfreenews. net...
> 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.

No need to take a gratuitous shot at Outhouse Express. I've used it
for years with no problems, or with not many anyway. First thing, go
in and turn off all the "neat" things Microsoft thinks you should let
it do, like reading html messages and automatically downloading
messages and the lower pane, that kind of crap.

I guess if I had to be honest, I wouldn't use it either if I didn't
already have years invested in learning some of it's tricks and how to
make it stop doing them.
Besides, I have a newsgroup folder with thirty-three thousand saved
messages and I doubt I could find anything else to import them into.

As for Zone Alarm, it's crap, for me anyway.

cmsix

>
> 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.
>
>
>

[cmsix]

"ted s." <ted@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
news:Hqs5h.108$3e7.21@newsfe04.lga...
> 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."

Or get a cheap router, they don't require nearly as many updates.

cmsix

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