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Daniel:
Strictly speaking, your statement that
"If you use a dial-up connection, you do not need any type
of firewall at all. "
is NOT true!
Dial Up connections CAN be an entry point for hackers, and
especially hackers with trojan horses. The security of a dial up
connection is dependent (for Win2K / XP) on which services you
have enabled or DISABLED.
Dial up connections are particularly vulnerable to trojan horses,
spy ware, IP spoofing, etc. Bad stuff.
Those who wish to forgo a firewall with a dial up connected
machine, it would be well advised to familiarize themselves with
windows services, and the intricacies of TCP/IP, Net BIOS, etc.
The router strategy you mention is OK. Safe.
Have a safe computing,
Leslie
Daniel Martinez wrote:
>
> 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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Regards,
Leslie Walko
610-688-2442
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