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11-18-2008, 11:16 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mass.
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Zone Alarm Pro Free giveaway just today
Not sure how many people use or want to use Zone Alarm (or Zone Alarm Pro). I personally don't use it, but I figured some here may. Checkpoint is having a 15 year anniversary of I guess their first firewall release, so to celebrate, they are giving away Zone Alarm Pro free to anyone for just one computer activation. Anyhows, if anyone is interested here is the link:
ZoneAlarm by Check Point - Award winning PC Protection, Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Identity Protection, and much more. |
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11-18-2008, 11:32 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NC
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Thanks for the reminder.
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11-18-2008, 02:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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I have been using AVG 7.0 freeware version and it is alright. This is a good deal how do people like Zone Alarm? I use to use it like 4.5 version and stopped is it any good now? |
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11-18-2008, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada
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isn't AVG simply an antivirus and not really a firewall? I'm using the free Zone Alarm for firewall with AVG as antivirus right now, will try to remember to download and install the paying version of ZA tonight...
FM
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11-18-2008, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Yes, good catch. I use the windows firewall standard and AVG (along with a bunch of other security apps for defense in depth) |
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11-18-2008, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mass.
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I think AVG has a firewall feature add on that you can purchase as well to go with its antivirus (I could be wrong, but that is what I remember).
This may sound weird coming from me since I am a network security engineer.. but on my systems I actually just use the normal windows firewall (along with various other things to block scripting in browser windows). On my network however I have other stronger firewalls that block a whole lot more. Actually paid off about 9 months ago when my wife's computer somehow got a virus from an iframe attack on ivillage.com's forum website.. go figure. I'm not trying to turn anyone off from using a personal firewall software though, so don't take me the wrong way.  |
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11-18-2008, 02:45 PM
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Hattrick Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada
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yeah, I know there's a firewall in Windows but I figured that ZA being free, and not attached to MS, it was worth it to use it, you know, given how bad people just love to attack everything made by MS... Not sure it has had to block any attack, but I know it's there just in case. Just saw that ZA Pro has some spyware block type thing that might be interesting, given how my 11yo son has started browsing a bit and someday, it's inevitable that some crap will try to get on the PC... FM
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11-18-2008, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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If we're playing "this is the software firewall i use" I use Comodo. *shrug* got good reviews and i put it up against one of those "test your firewall" websites and it did real well in making me invisible
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11-18-2008, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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They are now "taking orders" and sending out confirmation emails due to heavy traffic.
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