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Free AV Catamount 09-13-2005
---> Re: Free AV David H. Lipman09-13-2005
|   ---> Re: Free AV David H. Lipman09-23-2005
  ---> Re: Free AV Jim Macklin09-14-2005
  | ---> Re: Free AV What's in a Nam...09-14-2005
  | | `--> Re: Free AV Jim Macklin09-14-2005
  ---> Re: Free AV Jim Macklin09-15-2005
Posted by What's in a Name? on September 14, 2005, 3:58 pm
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thought,came up with this in news:#vB2sPVuFHA.2568
@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl:

> AVAST works well, as does As-Aware SE, but the free Zone
> Alarm firewall is more functional than the Windows firewall
> since it monitors in and outbound traffic and has a much
> easier interface.
>
>

Has Avast fixed the problem with Zone? I haven't used it since they
started having issues with Sygate and Zone.
-max
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Posted by Jim Macklin on September 14, 2005, 7:14 pm
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I have been using AVAST less than a year, now version 4.6,
and have seen no problems with AVAST in combination with the
free ZA firewall.

It auto-updates on a regular schedule, always seems to be up
to date. Updates are fast.


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message
much
| thought,came up with this in news:#vB2sPVuFHA.2568
| @TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl:
|
| > AVAST works well, as does As-Aware SE, but the free Zone
| > Alarm firewall is more functional than the Windows
firewall
| > since it monitors in and outbound traffic and has a much
| > easier interface.
| >
| >
|
| Has Avast fixed the problem with Zone? I haven't used it
since they
| started having issues with Sygate and Zone.
| -max
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| Playing Nice on Usenet:
| http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost
| My Pages: http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/
| http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/keepingclean.html
| http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/virusprevention.html
| http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/tools.html
| Change nomail.afraid.org to yahoo.com to reply.
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Posted by Bigbruva on September 15, 2005, 5:00 am
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I agree that Zone Alarm is a great product, in fact the Gold version of this
guide will use Zone Alarm Pro - once I get the time to finish the guide!

However the aim of the Bronze setup was to make the installation and
configurations as simple as possible and, as the, Windows Firewall is part
of SP2 (which most home users will have installed) this was the easiest to
setup. For the majority of home users the Windows Firewall is sufficient
IMO, even if it's features are rather limited.

BB


> AVAST works well, as does As-Aware SE, but the free Zone
> Alarm firewall is more functional than the Windows firewall
> since it monitors in and outbound traffic and has a much
> easier interface.
>
>
> --
> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> some support
> http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
>
>
>
> | Hi Catamount
> |
> | I have a step-by-step guide for a free Antivirus and
> Anti-spyware setup on
> | my site at:
> |
> | http://www.windowsdefender.com/bronze_protection.htm
> |
> | This setup uses Avast!, Ad-Aware SE Personal, and Windows
> Firewall.
> |
> | HTH
> |
> | BB
> |
> | >I am looking for a list of free antivirus and firewall
> software. I am
> | >trying to create a list for a project to get people who
> don't have the
> | >money for the high end AV software to still get
> protection. Anyone wanna
> | >help little-ole-me?
> |
> |
>
>



Posted by Jim Macklin on September 15, 2005, 5:37 am
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ZA seems to be much easier to configure for permissions than
XPs firewall, maybe that because I began using ZA years ago,
before XP was released.

BTW, just did an ZA update to 6.0.667.000 and noticed a
problem with the popup message window. The Allow and deny
buttons are aligned such that the deny button is only
partially visible at the right edge of the window. This is
on both my W98 and XP computer. The download was done on
each computer. I have sent ZLabs a notice (w screen cap).


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm



|I agree that Zone Alarm is a great product, in fact the
Gold version of this
| guide will use Zone Alarm Pro - once I get the time to
finish the guide!
|
| However the aim of the Bronze setup was to make the
installation and
| configurations as simple as possible and, as the, Windows
Firewall is part
| of SP2 (which most home users will have installed) this
was the easiest to
| setup. For the majority of home users the Windows Firewall
is sufficient
| IMO, even if it's features are rather limited.
|
| BB
|
|
in message
| > AVAST works well, as does As-Aware SE, but the free Zone
| > Alarm firewall is more functional than the Windows
firewall
| > since it monitors in and outbound traffic and has a much
| > easier interface.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| > some support
| > http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
| >
| >
| >
| > | Hi Catamount
| > |
| > | I have a step-by-step guide for a free Antivirus and
| > Anti-spyware setup on
| > | my site at:
| > |
| > | http://www.windowsdefender.com/bronze_protection.htm
| > |
| > | This setup uses Avast!, Ad-Aware SE Personal, and
Windows
| > Firewall.
| > |
| > | HTH
| > |
| > | BB
| > |
| > | >I am looking for a list of free antivirus and
firewall
| > software. I am
| > | >trying to create a list for a project to get people
who
| > don't have the
| > | >money for the high end AV software to still get
| > protection. Anyone wanna
| > | >help little-ole-me?
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?U3VicmF0YW0=?= on September 19, 2005, 9:07 pm
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Just a few points here if I may say :) , Avast , Etrust , AVG are real
quality free AntiViruses of which I will also suggest to go for Avast.
Regarding Firewall , I dont recommend Windows firewall rather disabling it
and go for much better and free firewall like Sygate . Kerio is
discontinueing its free firewall service
http://forums.kerio.com/index.php?t=msg&th=7040 and most others giving free
"trials" . Zonealarm is good ... but IMO , it uses a lot of resources . Prevx
is a good tool to be tried out too which provides layered protection.

Regards
--
Microsoft MVP Windows-Security 2005


"Jim Macklin" wrote:

> ZA seems to be much easier to configure for permissions than
> XPs firewall, maybe that because I began using ZA years ago,
> before XP was released.
>
> BTW, just did an ZA update to 6.0.667.000 and noticed a
> problem with the popup message window. The Allow and deny
> buttons are aligned such that the deny button is only
> partially visible at the right edge of the window. This is
> on both my W98 and XP computer. The download was done on
> each computer. I have sent ZLabs a notice (w screen cap).
>
>
> --
> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> some support
> http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
>
>
>
> |I agree that Zone Alarm is a great product, in fact the
> Gold version of this
> | guide will use Zone Alarm Pro - once I get the time to
> finish the guide!
> |
> | However the aim of the Bronze setup was to make the
> installation and
> | configurations as simple as possible and, as the, Windows
> Firewall is part
> | of SP2 (which most home users will have installed) this
> was the easiest to
> | setup. For the majority of home users the Windows Firewall
> is sufficient
> | IMO, even if it's features are rather limited.
> |
> | BB
> |
> |
> in message
> | > AVAST works well, as does As-Aware SE, but the free Zone
> | > Alarm firewall is more functional than the Windows
> firewall
> | > since it monitors in and outbound traffic and has a much
> | > easier interface.
> | >
> | >
> | > --
> | > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> | > some support
> | > http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > | Hi Catamount
> | > |
> | > | I have a step-by-step guide for a free Antivirus and
> | > Anti-spyware setup on
> | > | my site at:
> | > |
> | > | http://www.windowsdefender.com/bronze_protection.htm
> | > |
> | > | This setup uses Avast!, Ad-Aware SE Personal, and
> Windows
> | > Firewall.
> | > |
> | > | HTH
> | > |
> | > | BB
> | > |
> | > | >I am looking for a list of free antivirus and
> firewall
> | > software. I am
> | > | >trying to create a list for a project to get people
> who
> | > don't have the
> | > | >money for the high end AV software to still get
> | > protection. Anyone wanna
> | > | >help little-ole-me?
> | > |
> | > |
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>
>

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