Re: WinXP personal firewall

From: Abi (agargye@hotmail.com)
Date: 12/18/02 

From: "Abi" <agargye@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:53:10 -0800

Oh! No article ... This is the result of tests was based
on a security check I did using a Symantec Utility.

Try: http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?
j=1&langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=YFDZBRFNJSVSTIVVBEN

thats where I got my results. Wasnt attempting to mislead
anyone, its just the way I saw it. Reality speaks!

>-----Original Message-----
>I would like to see were you got that information about
Zone Alarm leave
>port open to hacker because I would like to read the
article unless there is
>none
>"Abi" <agargye@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:092d01c2a1f2$eab197a0$d4f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA11...
>> Why would you want to leave the ports open?
>>
>> Both Sygate & ZoneAlarm leave certain ports open to
>> hackers/viruses and xp-home firewall does not start up
>> sometimes (my xprience anyway!). I have used Tiny
Firewall
>> since & I never had an issue with it ...
>> www.tinysoftware.com there is a free version for
personal
>> use). You can also go to norton.com and carry out the
>> security check (its free)
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Is there any way to open up an entire range of 100
ports
>> >when using xp home's personal firewall, other than
>> >manually opening each port individually. I've tried
>> using
>> >zone alarm and sygate personal firewall and had
problems
>> >with them causing 100% resource utilization after the
>> >computer was on for several hours. Any help would be
>> >appreciated
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >Ira
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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