Firewall

Florence · 10-05-2007, 09:56 AM

I had Zone Alarm in my computer and was told to take it out, that windows XP firewall is just as good, Well I did and now XP Firewall keeps turning off and then I have to turn it back on, is there someting I can do to fix this, with out installing Zone Alarm again?

Thanks for any help.
Florence

**koala** · 10-05-2007, 12:06 PM

Whoever told you that the XP firewall is better than Zone Alarm is wrong.

Florence · 10-05-2007, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koala

Whoever told you that the XP firewall is better than Zone Alarm is wrong.

Alright I put Zone Alarm back in,
Thanks

**koala** · 10-05-2007, 12:35 PM

The XP firewall only monitors incoming traffic. Zone Alarm also monitors outgoing traffic, meaning if you're already infected, ZA won't let the malware report back home.

Note: You should only have ONE software firewall running. To disable the XP one, go to Control Panel > Security Center, click Windows Firewall, set to Off and reboot to complete.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...nfirewall.mspx

10-05-2007, 09:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Florence Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern CA. Posts: 64 OS: xp Home addition service pack 3	Firewall I had Zone Alarm in my computer and was told to take it out, that windows XP firewall is just as good, Well I did and now XP Firewall keeps turning off and then I have to turn it back on, is there someting I can do to fix this, with out installing Zone Alarm again? Thanks for any help. Florence __________________ Dell Inspiron 530 intel Core2 Processor Q6600 w/quad Technology and 8MB cache 3GB DDR2 SRAm at 800MHz 500GB Hard drive Avast antivirus /spybot /Super Antispy

10-05-2007, 12:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 9,168 OS: XP/UBUNTU My System	Re: Firewall Whoever told you that the XP firewall is better than Zone Alarm is wrong. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

10-05-2007, 12:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 9,168 OS: XP/UBUNTU My System	Re: Firewall The XP firewall only monitors incoming traffic. Zone Alarm also monitors outgoing traffic, meaning if you're already infected, ZA won't let the malware report back home. Note: You should only have ONE software firewall running. To disable the XP one, go to Control Panel > Security Center, click Windows Firewall, set to Off and reboot to complete. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...nfirewall.mspx __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here Last edited by koala : 10-05-2007 at 01:27 PM.