briantrue
join:2002-04-04
Knightstown, IN
| reply to zookrod
Re: ZoneAlarm cuts download by half
If you use a router and have Windows XP why have a firewall? Windows XP has a built in firewall. It does a good enough job. I guess I don't understand why some people are so paranoid. I hate firewalls and having them always ask... do you want to allow this.. do you want to allow this... do you want to block this.. UGH. lol |
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zookrod
join:2002-07-12
Springfield, IL
| I kinda understand what you're saying. I thought about going without a firewall. But then I remembered I run Microsoft Money, that wants to connect to the internet everytime it starts it for no good reason. I run RealPlayer, that sometimes wants to be a server? It doesn't need to be a server. I am behind a firewalled router and I'm not really concerned about the programs coming in as much as the one's going out. That is where trojans and back door progams are caught by a software firewalls like ZA. Try a one of the software firewalls and see how many programs on your PC decide they need to send info home. |
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