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#1 September 19 2004

samer
Admin

Firewalls

What are your favourite firewalls ?

I use norton internet security, and zone alarm is nice too (I used to use it) .. there's also SyGate and BlackIce ..

Note: using two firewalls can often create problems .

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#2 September 19 2004

JorJ
Member

Re: Firewalls

I Used To Use Norton Internet Security But I Switched To ZAP Pro It's More Powerfull And Much Easier To Use...:arrow:

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#3 September 19 2004

samer
Admin

Re: Firewalls

but doesn't ZA Pro slow down your connection .. especially if you already have a slow one !

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#4 September 25 2004

Bazaza
Member

Re: Firewalls

- Re: ZAP 4.5.530.0 Released. All "flavors" of Zone Alarm have been upgraded to version 4.5.

Zone Alarm Free: »download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/informa..
Zone Alarm Plus: »download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/informa..
Zone Alarm Pro: »download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/informa..

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#5 September 25 2004

JorJ
Member

Re: Firewalls

but doesn't ZA Pro slow down your connection .. especially if you already have a slow one !

Yes It Does! But We're Talking About Protection Here

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#6 September 25 2004

samer
Admin

Re: Firewalls

well protection isn't the only thing we search in a firewall ;) ... some of the other stuff is its stability and ease of use.

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#7 September 25 2004

JorJ
Member

Re: Firewalls

You Are Totaly Right! But It's Hard To Find A Firewall That Gives You Ultimate Protection And Stability At The Same Time (More Complex The Easier It Crashes;)).

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#8 September 26 2004

samer
Admin

Re: Firewalls

of course, since nothing is perfect.

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#9 September 26 2004

Charly
Member

Re: Firewalls

i used blackice when my OS was win 98... twas good, not bad...but sometimes i felt like punshing it  every single .exe program i wanted to acsess came with a warning from a black ice "beware, might be a trojan blablabla"

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#10 September 26 2004

samer
Admin

Re: Firewalls

isn't there a "don't pop this for that proggie again" type of option ? .. because it's so annoying to check each time, though its more secure !

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#11 September 26 2004

Charly
Member

Re: Firewalls

yeah there is, but only for that file, and u know, i'm not gonna install that program more than once.....so with each setup file, i have to check... it used to drive me crazy

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#12 October 2 2004

l33thium
Member

Re: Firewalls

Zone Alarm suite 5.1 smthng is good but you can try kaspersky anti-hackers 1.5 or outpost firewall

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#13 October 3 2004

JorJ
Member

Re: Firewalls

Yeah Kaspersky Is Fine And Does'nt Use So Much Resources As ZoneAlarm.

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