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I heartily agree. I've been using a router with a firewall for a couple of
years now, and can only say good things about it. It basically makes your
computer invisible to all of the sniffers out there, so they can't even see
your machine to try to hack in. I'm a belt-and-suspenders kind of guy so I
also have a software firewall on my machine - Norton Internet Security -
it's excellent, and it comes with terrific ad and pop-up blocking which is
worth the price alone.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Martinez [mailto:DanM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 5:11 PM
To: Charles Johnson
Cc: Omega-List
Subject: Re: ZoneAlarm 3.7.098 warning [Off Topic]
While this is off topic, I'll give you a quick note. Some advanced users I
know
do not use a software firewall. It might be best if you did not use one
either. Instead, buy a router and use it as a firewall. The LinkSys
BEFSR41 is
a good one. It has been recommended by online reviewers. This will also
simplify your system. If you use a dial-up connection, you do not need any
type
of firewall at all. I have seen the BEFSR41 as low as $50 at retail stores
with
rebate.
SpeedGuide Review: http://www.speedguide.net/reviews/linksys/index.shtml
LinkSys Home: http://www.linksys.com/
Daniel.
Charles Johnson wrote:
> There is more info about the problem at
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs.
>
> When I started any program, sysfader immediately closed it. I couldn't
even
> shut down the system without using the hardware reset button. It looked
like
> a virus or maybe a hardware problem. I didn't notice 100% CPU usage as
> talked about in the forums. The hours I spent were mostly diagnosing what
> was wrong, including backing up/restoring my system, switching in and out
of
> safe mode, running a disk check and virus and pestpatrol scans, and
> incrementally enabling startup programs with a W2K version of MSCONFIG to
> isolate the cause.
>
> ZA staff on the ZA forum recommend uninstalling ZoneAlarm, from safe mode
if
> necessary, and reinstalling the previous version. I went back to a known
> good state of my system from a Ghost CD set + data backup/restore.
>
> My recommendations: 1) if 3.7.098 is not installed, don't install it, 2)
if
> it is, uninstall and revert to previous version, or if you want to be
> certain there are no undesirable residual registry entries or other debris
> and can revert to an earlier system state as I did, do so.
>
> If your system is misbehaving due to this problem, you should be able to
get
> into safe mode and uninstall ZoneAlarm. My machine gets into safe mode by
> pressing F8 at startup.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Johnson [mailto:cmjohnsonxx@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 9:44 PM
> To: Omega-List
> Subject: ZoneAlarm 3.7.098 warning
>
> I spent many hours recovering from an unusable system caused by upgrading
to
> ZoneAlarm Pro 3.7.098 on W2K. I see on the ZA forums that there are many
> others experiencing this.
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