personally i do not like third party firewalls unless you really know how to
use your computer
i had a client who claimed he could not connect to the internet via firefox
one day
after hitting my head through the wall (not really) i figured out what he
did.
finally i figured out that the firewall was blocking firefox
I asked him if he did anything to cause this
he told me that a za popped up with a message asking for permission to
allow firefox to go out to the internet when he opened firefox and he told
it "no"
I asked him why he did this and he said if it was asking then it must have
been a bad thing and he just said no.
Well duh- if you do not let it out- it cannot go anywhere
Most people have no clue what to let out and can really mess up things if
they have no clue.
that is why it is just better to use windows xp firewall or vista's unless
you are an advanced computer user.
robin
Kayman said:
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html
Zone Alarm has provided new versions to resolve the issue brought to
light
by Microsoft Security Bulletin ms08-037.
These are available in English only at this writing.
ZA's ignorance is inexcusable, their arrogance is shameful! UNINSTALL this
thing and opt for the WinXP or Vista in-build f/w apps.
http://securosis.com/2008/07/08/dan...ue-in-dns-massive-multivendor-patch-released/
...Mr. Kaminsky immediately reported the issue to major authorities,
including the United States Computer Emergency Response Team (part of the
Department of Homeland Security), and began working on a coordinated fix.
Engineers from *major technology vendors* around the world converged on
the
Microsoft campus in March to coordinate their response. All of the vendors
began repairing their products and agreed that a synchronized release, on
a
single day, would minimize the risk that malicious individuals could
figure
out the vulnerability before all vendors were able to offer secure
versions
of their products...
