Re: 5 minutes of internet after uninstalling ZoneAlarm

From: ABC (info_at_abc.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:32:30 -0000

"Mobutu" <mobutu@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cuf4ql$n7v$1@gaudi2.UGent.be...
> I've uninstalled ZoneAlarm Free. So far so good, I now rely on the Windows
> XP Firewall. I can connect to the internet via LAN as I usually do, but
> after 5 minutes all internet activity just stops...
>
> I think this is very strange. I had problems before with uninstalling
> zonealarm and getting on the internet, but after I did a manual uninstall
> in safe mode, this was resolved. For 5 minutes of course.
>
> Does someone know what the problem is? A friend says its probably
> something with cookies, but I can do nothing with this information.
>
> TIA
So you've uninstalled a firewall that checks inbound and outbound traffic
and wholly relying on a firewall that only checks incoming traffic (it does
not check outbound traffic leaving your PC). That's not a smart move. Let's
hope your PC doesn't get infected by trojans/viri/spyware etc!!!
S

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