OK, advice on THE BEST personal firewall?
08-07-2006, 05:52 PM
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OK, advice on THE BEST personal firewall?
i've given up with zonealarm, it's shit 
i've tried mcafee and it's a system hog
anything else out there thats actually half decent? doesnt feck up your connection and actually works?
i've tried mcafee and it's a system hog
anything else out there thats actually half decent? doesnt feck up your connection and actually works?
08-07-2006, 06:03 PM
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Same here - can't say I have ever had grief with Zone Alarm 
. I admit you need to have a decent active virus scanner (AVG for me) and it helps to have a real time spyware scanner aswell (I use SpywareGuard which works a treat and you never know it's even on untill it shows up in the ALT-TAB thingy when you switch windows 
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. I admit you need to have a decent active virus scanner (AVG for me) and it helps to have a real time spyware scanner aswell (I use SpywareGuard which works a treat and you never know it's even on untill it shows up in the ALT-TAB thingy when you switch windows )
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09-07-2006, 09:43 AM
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zone alarm is doing things i don't want it to do, its not as configurable as i need it to be, and it's hogging up shedloads of bandwith and stopping things working i need to work.
09-07-2006, 09:49 AM
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simon, that don't stop your ISA getting attacked tho does it and once you get there you can puggyback onto your LAN and kill all the unprotected PCs there too
and once you get there you can puggyback onto your LAN and kill all the unprotected PCs there too
09-07-2006, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
simon, that don't stop your ISA getting attacked tho does it and once you get there you can puggyback onto your LAN and kill all the unprotected PCs there too
and once you get there you can puggyback onto your LAN and kill all the unprotected PCs there too How often does average joe actually need to use a personal firewall? If you know what your doing on the net theres no point!
Dont click on pop up banner ads and dont look at free porn sites and you automatically remove the risk of spyware by about 99%!
A good virus checker such as NOD32 (I cant rate it highly enough!) is all you need!
There is no need for software firewalls IMO on home pc's.
There just for lazy cunts who dont wanna think about what there clicking on!
09-07-2006, 10:33 AM
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i disagree. have you watched how many times per hour you get attacked?
with broadband and PCs on 24/7 its VERY common.
i get hit without about 80-90 attacks per hour. most of them for easy exploits that MS fixed years ago, but people do still try, they just scan random IP pools till they hit something they can infect or get access to.
with broadband and PCs on 24/7 its VERY common.
i get hit without about 80-90 attacks per hour. most of them for easy exploits that MS fixed years ago, but people do still try, they just scan random IP pools till they hit something they can infect or get access to.
09-07-2006, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by SimonT
Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
simon, that don't stop your ISA getting attacked tho does it and once you get there you can puggyback onto your LAN and kill all the unprotected PCs there too
and once you get there you can puggyback onto your LAN and kill all the unprotected PCs there too How often does average joe actually need to use a personal firewall? If you know what your doing on the net theres no point!
Dont click on pop up banner ads and dont look at free porn sites and you automatically remove the risk of spyware by about 99%!
A good virus checker such as NOD32 (I cant rate it highly enough!) is all you need!
There is no need for software firewalls IMO on home pc's.
There just for lazy cunts who dont wanna think about what there clicking on!
09-07-2006, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
i disagree. have you watched how many times per hour you get attacked?
with broadband and PCs on 24/7 its VERY common.
i get hit without about 80-90 attacks per hour. most of them for easy exploits that MS fixed years ago, but people do still try, they just scan random IP pools till they hit something they can infect or get access to.
with broadband and PCs on 24/7 its VERY common.
i get hit without about 80-90 attacks per hour. most of them for easy exploits that MS fixed years ago, but people do still try, they just scan random IP pools till they hit something they can infect or get access to.
09-07-2006, 10:40 AM
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Im another happy Zonealarm user for as long as i can remember, doesnt mess with anything and i dont know its there
Whilst were on the subject, does anyone know how/and if i can transfer a pro version of ZL onto a different computer? because i had the pro version on my old pc and i got a new one last week but when i try and use the licence number on ZL on my new pc it said invalid? is there not anyway i can get pro onto my new pc without buying another licence number for it? 
Whilst were on the subject, does anyone know how/and if i can transfer a pro version of ZL onto a different computer? because i had the pro version on my old pc and i got a new one last week but when i try and use the licence number on ZL on my new pc it said invalid? is there not anyway i can get pro onto my new pc without buying another licence number for it?
09-07-2006, 11:15 AM
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You don't NEED a personal firewall IF you use a properly configured hardware firewall.
You absolutely 100% need to use some form of firewall though, running without one is just crazy.
You absolutely 100% need to use some form of firewall though, running without one is just crazy.
09-07-2006, 11:18 AM
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I use the one built into my router. Dont fuck about with software ones.
09-07-2006, 01:47 PM
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by hardware firewall, are you talking about a PROPER hardware firewall, or the shitty built in things that rtouters come with that aren't worth a wank?
09-07-2006, 02:19 PM
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lads just got back online at new gaf im running zone alarm behind a router and have just had this message 5 times while on here seems to do it after ive enterd a new post netbios session blocked (red warning) ip 192.168.101 tcp port 49816 whats that all about then should i be botherd?
cheers
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09-07-2006, 03:18 PM
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netbios is a protocol used for file n print sharing.
so someone is attempting to access your PC.
itll happen about 5 times per minute if youre on broadband
so someone is attempting to access your PC.
itll happen about 5 times per minute if youre on broadband
09-07-2006, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
netbios is a protocol used for file n print sharing.
so someone is attempting to access your PC.
itll happen about 5 times per minute if youre on broadband
so someone is attempting to access your PC.
itll happen about 5 times per minute if youre on broadband
cheers
09-07-2006, 05:35 PM
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Fuck me Jim, you're paranoid mate. So what if you're getting "scanned" every few seconds? Virtually no-one's going to be able to damage your system as long as you're patched up.
I have NO complaints at all about the XP/Server 2003 firewall.
Stop whingeing, and stop using ZA - it's 99% a load of old, scare-mongering shite, and the other 1% is a pretty standard firewall effort!
I have NO complaints at all about the XP/Server 2003 firewall.
Stop whingeing, and stop using ZA - it's 99% a load of old, scare-mongering shite, and the other 1% is a pretty standard firewall effort!
11-07-2006, 01:10 PM
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Agnitum Outpost Pro is the only firewall I will use. Used Kerio for a while last year which I also recommend but I much prefered Outpost so I went back to that
Any anyone running no firewall is asking for trouble imo especially if you do any online shopping/banking. There is alot of little script kiddie's out there (and clever little fuckers at that) who can & will cause havoc on your system. Why make it easier for them to hack/infect your PC
Any anyone running no firewall is asking for trouble imo especially if you do any online shopping/banking. There is alot of little script kiddie's out there (and clever little fuckers at that) who can & will cause havoc on your system. Why make it easier for them to hack/infect your PC
11-07-2006, 01:27 PM
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jim, if you're running an isa server why are you fucking about.. get a nokia appliance like me
cheap off ebay.. just need a handy way of getting the licenses.
for example...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-IP330-Se...QQcmdZViewItem
cheap off ebay.. just need a handy way of getting the licenses.
for example...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-IP330-Se...QQcmdZViewItem
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