thepriest
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posted on January 23, 2001 03:37:32 PM
Hi...you've been very helpful in the past.
Does anyone have experience with Zone Alarm or programs like that.
What do they do?
Thank you
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seawytche
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posted on January 23, 2001 04:16:44 PM
I love ZoneAlarm! It is a great Firewall program. I would not think of accessing the Internet without it turned on. Here is the URL of the frequently asked questions page. http://www.zonelabs.com/support_za.htm To access the main page for ZoneAlarm, just backspace to eliminate the support_za.htm from the URL. Hope this helps.
[ edited by seawytche on Jan 23, 2001 04:18 PM ]
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smw
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posted on January 23, 2001 04:58:32 PM
I think ZA has a version that stops cookies. But I don't think it is the free version.
I think it is one of the other 2 offered for a fee $$$.
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paulswife
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posted on January 23, 2001 05:13:32 PM
we use zone alarm at home. the best way to filter cookies is via your browser.
Netscape? open it and click on EDIT>PREFERENCES>ADVANCED
MSIE? you don't have to have it open. right click on the blue E on your desktop. select properties. click on securities tab. click on the custom button. scroll down the list until you find your cookie selection.
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RainyBear
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posted on January 23, 2001 05:20:09 PM
I got an email from ZoneAlarm just today. It's timely considering your question. I'll copy and paste here:
Increase Your Speed... Increase Your Security
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The important combination of powerful firewall security and ad-blocking
software is now available. With this special offer on ZoneAlarm Pro and
AdSubtract Pro you can:
+Save valuable time
+Stop unwanted cookies
+Block unwanted ads, pop-ups, animations, and music
+Block IP addresses that run port scans
+Prevent email attachment viruses from spreading
+Protect your security settings
+and much more!
*****************************************************************
To find out more or to take advantage of this special offer, use this link!
http://www.zonelabs.com/zonelabsstore Addsubtract ZAP20 C.htm
This exclusive offer and special price is only available for a limited time,
so please act now!
*****************************************************************
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thepriest
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posted on January 23, 2001 05:22:42 PM
Hi...thanks very much for the info...
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bunnicula
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posted on January 23, 2001 08:35:56 PM
I had Zone Alarm. I liked it & it did a gret job. The one drawback was that for some reason it kept interfering with shutting down my computer. Made it unable to complete the shut down process.
I got DSL recently and they had to remove ZA in order to make the installation. All my shut down problems disappeared.
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paulswife
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posted on January 23, 2001 09:03:56 PM
bunnicula
i also had to uninstall my ZA for the DSL installation process. when it was all done, i reinstalled ZA. it's worked fine ever since. what kind of windows do you have? have you selected the correct version of ZA?
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reamond
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posted on January 23, 2001 10:11:42 PM
If you just want cookie options try AddSubtract- it knocks out cookies and banner ads and is free.
Zone Alarm is a great firewall- and thanks to another post I now know why I have shut down problems !!
Just after I installed Zone Alarm, my machine was being pinged over 10 times an hour. I think hackers shares IPA's on cable and DSL users and they all try to enter their machines. After 30 days of using Zone Alarm, no more pings.
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bunnicula
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posted on January 23, 2001 10:24:10 PM
paulswife: I have Windows 98. Yes, I had the correct version. I have not reinstalled it (though I am thinking about it)--I am luxuriating in being able to shut down my computer without problems 
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Empires
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posted on January 24, 2001 04:57:02 AM
I use ZA and like it. It alerts me to those ISP's from foreign countries trying to enter...shame on them (Spain) nasty buggers...
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nefish
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posted on January 24, 2001 07:14:37 AM
Zone Alarm is a great firewall- and thanks to another post I now know why I have shut down problems !!
Can you share this other post? Having the same shutdown problem here! Anything I can do about it?
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paulswife
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posted on January 24, 2001 08:50:36 AM
i too have win98.
have you tried disabling your power management in your control panel or in your BIOS?
if you're not familiar with the BIOS or setup, but you want to check it, don't play around in there, you can &*#(_@#& things up. just go to power and disable it. save and exit.
you can email me with questions if you'd like.
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NeartheSea
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posted on January 24, 2001 09:02:56 AM
Yes, you do need to get the newer version of Zone alarm to stop cookies.
We have DSL and its great, I used to have pop up alerts all the time, until I found I could shut off the alerts. They would pop up all the time, now if there is anything, it will show in a log, bring up ZA and it will show how many times you've been 'hit', without the pop up alerts.
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ptimko
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posted on January 25, 2001 02:27:25 AM
I would recommend that anyone who has a computer which is "always online" to install a personal firewall.
My personal computer is connected to the internet as part of a large network on a university campus. Despite the fact the university maintains it's own firewall, I was quite surprised how many unauthorized "queries" my computer receives.
I have trapped port scans from dialup ports, ping attacks and numerous "http" requests despite the fact that I have no servers or daemons running on my computer. All of these "requests" had already passed through the main firewall of the unversity campus.
There are several different firewalls which are free for personal use. I have only used Zone Alarm and have been quite satisfied with it. For those unfamiliar with such products I would recommend starting out with the highest security setting possible for whatever firewall they are using. I believe most users would be surprised just how much traffic there is to and from their computer that they don't know about. After becoming familiar with the operation of the firewall, the user can customize the security settings to match their computer usage.
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Minx47
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posted on January 25, 2001 04:17:59 AM
Black Ice Defender is also an excellent program. Its not free but one you purchase and I switched from Zone Alarm to this one after reading about it in one of the well known computer mags. I use Cookie Pal for my cookie filtering system and like that really well too. JMHO.
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kiki2
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posted on January 25, 2001 04:56:35 AM
We use Zone Alarm and like it a lot! We used to have Black Ice but for some odd reason we had to shut it down when using Napster as it was making it difficult to connect. I am not a computer person so don't know why but with Zone Alarm we have no problems!
We always leave our computer on 24/7. The other day I re-booted it up because it was running sluggish. When it restarted, the Zone Alarm wouldn't come up and my computer froze so I had to re-start it again at which time it came up fine. Not sure if it would be considered a shutting down problem.
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