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More info?)
Bob - My understanding was that XP SP2's firewall does the samething that ZA
does. I was told that they've worked out the glitches......are you telling
me that's not true?
"Bob Harris" wrote:
> I suggest that you re-install Zone Alaram.
>
> By default Zone Alaram is supposed to block ALL outgoing traffic. That is a
> good thing. The XP fire wall does not even try to do that; it only blocks
> some incoming traffic.
>
> Zone Alarm is reasonably intelligent and can be easily trained. When it
> asks do you want to grant access to a program, check the "remember" box,
> then click either allow or not as you choose. HINT: If you just clicked on
> a legitimate program that logically should access the internet, and ZA
> popups up, choose allow. If a popup occurs for no obvious reason, say no,
> although possibly only for that occurance. Then try to find out what the
> program is and why it is trying to get out of the PC.
>
> ZA maintains a list of pograms and your choices, which you can change any
> time. From the main ZA interface, prgam control, programs. Change any that
> you want to always connect to a "check mark". To block, change to an "X".
> To casue the popup each time, change to "?".
>
> If a legitimate program does not cause a ZA popup and also does not connect,
> you might need to add the website to a small list of trusted sites. From
> the main ZA interface, choose firewall and zones. Add to the trusted zones
> the main web address of the company. For example for Norton Antivirus add
> www.symantec.com .
>
> "Michele Bristol" <Michele Bristol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:CE688359-71CD-46D8-AC3C-11D63827DA15@microsoft.com...
> >I downloaded Zonealarm onto my laptop and then was told that XP Service
> >Pack
> > 2 has a firewall with it. I uninstalled Zonealarm only to not be able to
> > turn the Firewall back on with Service Pack 2. It keeps telling me my ICF
> > won't work...or something like that. How can I get it turned back on.
> > Zonealarm makes it difficult to go on some websites. Thanks.
>
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