Re: Avast or Zone Alarm using proxy server?

From: Gerald Vogt (vogt_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:34:28 +0900

Lars-Erik Østerud wrote:
> Gerald Vogt skrev:
>>Again: it is easy to circumvent. Your PFW does not stop _all_ programs
>>talking to the net without asking first. It does stop those which kindly
>>agree to be cooperative and do simply use the windows IP stack for
>
> But that's better than nothing. All the ones I stop are stopped, right
> (like all the Windows programs, MediaPlayer, DVD-burning software etc)

a) this is a poor workaround. Why don't you just reconfigure the software?
b) how do you know it works? Isn't it one of these "MediaPlayers" that
does have mechanisms to transmit its information via a normal browser if
it cannot do otherwise? What is your assumption that they "are stopped"
based upon?
c) What is it exactly what you are blocking? How do you know if it is
good or not? How do you make sure it is not an update check that would
inform you about an important security update available?
d) When you block all the Windows programs including WindowsUpdate,
well, I suppose you won't have the newest security updates for Windows...

Gerald

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