Learned My Lesson

praglen · 01-31-2008, 06:50 PM

Having my on-line bank account broken into three different times, I am now ready to invest in a Firewall protection program. Question is which systems will work and how much is the minimum I can pay for a Ford instead of Rolls Royce?

**sobeit** · 01-31-2008, 07:10 PM

you can get retail internet security packages that has firewalls with mcafees, nortons and trend micro. You can also use zonealarm or comodo which are free firewalls.

Its really personal preference. Some like them and some downright hate them but they all will do the job.

praglen · 02-01-2008, 01:54 AM

Thanks so much. I just downloaded Zone Alarm and hope the nightmare is over.

**johnwill** · 02-01-2008, 07:51 AM

You need to review all your security precautions, because that may not be how they're getting to your accounts.

**sobeit** · 02-01-2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by praglen

Thanks so much. I just downloaded Zone Alarm and hope the nightmare is over.

I agree with the previous reply, unless you know exactly how they have been getting access to your account, you really need to review everything you are doing from changing passwords regularly to logging out when finished to whatever else you need to do.

Once you get zonealarm setup and running check your security.

You can also run the following online security checks.

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praglen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	Learned My Lesson Having my on-line bank account broken into three different times, I am now ready to invest in a Firewall protection program. Question is which systems will work and how much is the minimum I can pay for a Ford instead of Rolls Royce?

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sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Learned My Lesson you can get retail internet security packages that has firewalls with mcafees, nortons and trend micro. You can also use zonealarm or comodo which are free firewalls. Its really personal preference. Some like them and some downright hate them but they all will do the job. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

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praglen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	Re: Learned My Lesson Thanks so much. I just downloaded Zone Alarm and hope the nightmare is over.

02-01-2008, 07:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,685 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Learned My Lesson You need to review all your security precautions, because that may not be how they're getting to your accounts. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience