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If I leave the computer for a while I cannot get onto the internet unless I set Zone Alarm (free version) to medium security. I assume that this leaves me open to outside access.
Anyone else have this problem?
If Zone Alarm is not going to work for me, is there another downloadable firewall I can use?
Anyone else have this problem?
If Zone Alarm is not going to work for me, is there another downloadable firewall I can use?
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With a little searching I had found it, thanks. I am presently using the XP firewall and have set Zone Alarm to Minimum, which is working well for me so far as the programs are operating without hangups, but now I wonder if the XP firewall is good enough? Surely it cannot be that simple?
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I can only strongly recommend, that if you use ZoneAlarm, you switch off the XP firewall. There are plenty of reports that they do not get along well. It is not ZoneAlarm which creates the trouble...also other firewalls have problems with the XP built-in version.
And it is obvious for many out there after tests, that even a self-built firewall protects better than the XP one...
And it is obvious for many out there after tests, that even a self-built firewall protects better than the XP one...