Re: Begginers basic questions, can someone help?
From: Chris (ChrisAct@nwlink.com.com)Date: 03/12/02
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From: ChrisAct@nwlink.com.com (Chris) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 01:25:02 GMT
Hey, remember back on Mon, 11 Mar 2002 05:03:45 GMT, when
"news.bellatlantic.net" <vze3hyvq@verizon.net> said:
>Zone alarm constantly requests permission for a program to access the
>internet. how am I supposed to know which are safe & which may be a Trojan
>program? Some are easy, but others I don't recognize.
It's very easy: if *you* didn't start up the program that's trying to hook to
the internet, don't let it.
>Also, I have gotten a number of messages that someone has attempted to
>access my computer but Zone alarm blocked access. Are these routine or does
>it truly signify someone trying to "hack" into my computer? I leave my DSL
>connection on all the time relying on Zone Alarm to protect me is this
>stupid & naive?
It's this behavior by ZA that has a lot of people (probaply with an ax to grind)
claiming all personal firewalls are "scareware" (that is, stuff whose basic
purpose is to scare people so other apps can be sold to them). If your firewall
has blocked incoming stuff, fine; no need to popup a window yelping about it. If
you can, get ZA to stop doing that. If you can't, toss ZA and get Sygate. ;)
-- Some people think Windows is a virus. They're wrong; it's a microbe.......made by MicrobeSoft.
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