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Posted by Dickie Peters on January 21, 2007, 9:11 pm
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Is a software firewall such as Zone Alarm essential for added
protection if I am already using the XP firewall, AVG antivirus (free)
and have a wired router (D-link-524)? Will it offer me any additional
protection? If so, is there a better free firewall than Zone alarm?
Thanks.
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Posted by Todd H. on January 21, 2007, 9:41 pm
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> Is a software firewall such as Zone Alarm essential for added
> protection if I am already using the XP firewall, AVG antivirus (free)
> and have a wired router (D-link-524)? Will it offer me any additional
> protection? If so, is there a better free firewall than Zone alarm?
Zone alarm is pretty solid.
THe added protection you'd get from it vs the existing solutions is
notification of outbound internet access attempts from applications.
How big a deal that is, is debateable.
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Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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Posted by Notan on January 21, 2007, 10:26 pm
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> Is a software firewall such as Zone Alarm essential for added
> protection if I am already using the XP firewall, AVG antivirus (free)
> and have a wired router (D-link-524)? Will it offer me any additional
> protection? If so, is there a better free firewall than Zone alarm?
You may just have opened a huge can of worms, and on that note...
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Notan
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Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on January 22, 2007, 1:53 am
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> Is a software firewall such as Zone Alarm essential
No. Independent of scenario.
> for added protection
Eh... how should ZoneAlarm achieve such a thing?
> if I am already using the XP firewall, AVG antivirus (free)
Virus scanners don't provide protection.
> and have a wired router (D-link-524)?
And a router normally doesn't either.
> Will it offer me any additional protection?
No. Again: How should it?
> If so, is there a better free firewall than Zone alarm?
ZoneAlarm is no firewall. Anyway, where is your firewall? And why do you
need one?
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Posted by Wraeth on January 22, 2007, 3:11 am
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> Is a software firewall such as Zone Alarm essential for added
> protection if I am already using the XP firewall, AVG antivirus (free)
> and have a wired router (D-link-524)? Will it offer me any additional
> protection? If so, is there a better free firewall than Zone alarm?
>
> Thanks.
It seems to me as though you don't know exactly what a firewall does...
It may be an idea for you to do some research (search 'firewall' in
google, for example) to find out what it does. As for whether you are
adequately protected, what you need to keep in mind is that different
firewalls suit different people. It depends on your technological
knowledge, what sort of control you would like, etc.
Do some research, then 'shop around' for a firewall that suits you. Try
some different ones to see what they're like, and settle down with the
one you like.
A friend of mine made a page for a company he worked for explaining it all:
http://www.jpc.nsw.edu.au/support/self/fwall.htm
See if that helps clear the situation for you.
Cheers
wraeth
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