Re: ZoneAlarm Pro Privacy Settings break Microsoft Update

From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 09/02/05

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    Jack Zwick <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > I have ZA 6 pro and everything is working *JUST FINE*. AND I have cookie
    > blocking enabled, AND ad blocking enabled. and windows update works JUST
    > FINE..
    > So the issue is *for you*.

    For you and all other Zonealarm users are these issues:

    Zonealarm is vulnerable to the SelfDoS attack.

    It opens Popups with texts, which most users don't understand and
    misinterpret.

    Zonealarm cannot prevent spyware from sending your personal information
    across the Internet; it failed in our tests together with the rest of the
    "Personal Firewalls".

    Zonealarm does not make a PC "invisible" or "stealth" in the Internet, as
    this is not possible at all.

    Yours,
    VB.

    -- 
    "Es kann nicht sein, dass die Frustrierten in Rom bestimmen, was in
    deutschen Schlafzimmern passiert".
                                        Harald Schmidt zum "Weltjugendtag"
    

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