dumping zone alarm

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I've been using Zone Alarm as my firewall, but it slows down my machine
something awful so I'm thinking of dumping it. Does the Windows Firewall work
as well; if so, how best to make the change?
 
metoo said:
I've been using Zone Alarm as my firewall, but it slows down my machine
something awful so I'm thinking of dumping it. Does the Windows Firewall work
as well; if so, how best to make the change?
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The one thing to remember about Windows XP firewall is that it does not
filter and block outbound transmissions. It is Microsoft's philosophy
that whatever application in the computer makes an outbound send, it is
doing so with the user's full knowledge and permission. The Windows XP
firewall can only block incoming ones.
 
Ghostrider said:
The one thing to remember about Windows XP firewall is that it does not
filter and block outbound transmissions. It is Microsoft's philosophy
that whatever application in the computer makes an outbound send, it is
doing so with the user's full knowledge and permission. The Windows XP
firewall can only block incoming ones.

Then am I to assume that I need ZA and that you can't diss Windows?
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metoo said:
I've been using Zone Alarm as my firewall, but it slows down my machine
something awful so I'm thinking of dumping it. Does the Windows Firewall
work
as well; if so, how best to make the change?
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Weird. I use ZA after having dumped McAfee and Symantec at
different times from different machines because each of _them_
slowed down performance or otherwise produced malaffects.
Is there anything unusual about your ZA configuration?
 
Ayush said:
[metoo]s message :
I've been using Zone Alarm as my firewall, but it slows down my
machine something awful so I'm thinking of dumping it. Does the
Windows Firewall work as well; if so, how best to make the change?
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Try Comodo Firewall. It runs fast, has a nice interface and it is Free !
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Good Luck, Ayush.
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I have been using Comodo for quite a while and have experienced no
problems with it.
 
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