Is Zonealarm foolproof ??

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tarzan <(E-Mail Removed)> opined very noisily:
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No ,are you ?
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tarzan wrote:
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It depends on the level of sophistication of the fool in question.

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"tarzan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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My experience for what it is worth is as follows;
I ran Zone Alarm for about 6 months but when I updated programmes or
introduced new ones I found I had to uninstall Zone Alarm and then reinstall
it which was a pain.
So on advice I downloaded AVG in place of Zone Alarm and since then I have
had no trouble with new programmes or updates.
AVG is more straightforward and not so intrusive
Blair

"Brian Morrison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tarzan wrote:
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> It depends on the level of sophistication of the fool in question.
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Quality!

In message <dgrjgs$deu$(E-Mail Removed)>
"Blair" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I ran Zone Alarm for about 6 months but when I updated programmes or
> introduced new ones I found I had to uninstall Zone Alarm and then
> reinstall it which was a pain.

I've not previously heard of such problem, nor experienced it in several
years' use of successive versions.

> So on advice I downloaded AVG in place of Zone Alarm and since then I
> have had no trouble with new programmes or updates.

> AVG is more straightforward and not so intrusive

But IIRC it's an anti-virus programme, not a firewall (and as such, BTW,
needs to have its threats-database a.k.a. reference-file regularly
updated)

Both types are needed, plus such 'anti-spyware' progs as Adaware
(http://www.lavasoft.de) and/or Spybot S&D (http://security.kolla.de),
both also free for private use.

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> > AVG is more straightforward and not so intrusive
>
> But IIRC it's an anti-virus programme, not a firewall (and as such, BTW,
> needs to have its threats-database a.k.a. reference-file regularly
> updated)

The latest version is available as an AV+Firewall combo.

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:44:32 +0100, Peter Duck <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>In message <dgrjgs$deu$(E-Mail Removed)>
> "Blair" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>> I ran Zone Alarm for about 6 months but when I updated programmes or
>> introduced new ones I found I had to uninstall Zone Alarm and then
>> reinstall it which was a pain.
>
>I've not previously heard of such problem, nor experienced it in several
>years' use of successive versions.
>

I hadn't either until yesterday.

Then I upgraded to version 6, and only found out *afterwards* that
version 6 of Zonealarm prevents Cisco VPN clients from working :-(

Now I want to see if I can find a way to get back to version 5 without
losing all my settings. For the moment, I am just turning it off when
I use VPN (I do have a router with a built in stateful firewall, so
Zonealarm is only to stop any nasties from going outwards).
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On 21 Sep 2005 13:25, "Blair" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>So on advice I downloaded AVG in place of Zone Alarm and since then I have
>had no trouble with new programmes or updates.
>AVG is more straightforward and not so intrusive

I didn't think AVG was a firewall, like Zone Alarm... puzzled... Peter M.
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AVG isn't a firewall, it's an anti-virus. For example, do a Shields Up
test on a PC with AVG only and it gets through, even if you're behind a
router. Add Zone Alarm and it asks you if the attempted break-in is
permitted, which while not fool-proof is a decent effort. The only
(tiny) downside to Zone Alarm is the RealPlayer-style marketing
nagging, but given that the basic product is FOC is small beer.

Nick