ZoneAlarm kudos

[narayan]

I downloaded a virus, Pretty Park.exe. Simialr to Happy99 worm. This program e-mails itself to all on your e-mail list. It connects to an IRC server and joins to a specific IRC channel. It can receive commands through this connection. ZoneAlarm notified me when my computer wanted to send information. I thought this was odd, and soon after realized I has a virus. ZoneAlarm was my only clue! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif I have since eraticated the virus from my PC. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[RobRich]

ZA has to be the coolest freeware app that is on the market today. I definitely give it my complete endorsement. After convincing several of my friends that they need a firewall on the system, I get nothing but compliments on how ZA has helped, or even saved, them.

[reddog4629]

How many have tried it on W'2000 with NO problems?

[RobRich]

Probably not many, as every time I've installed it on a Win2K system it's had serious issues. Since the people I deal with most use Win9x, I don't really view this as an issue. If your running Win2K, I would recommend using a seperate box running Linux or BSD as a dedicated firewall.

Win2k is a step in the right direction, but it definitely isn't a consumer OS. Kind of like OS/2. It was extremely fast, and had a cool interface, but it lacked the common features needed for an all purpose consumer product. I like Win2k, but I do not represent mainstream computer market (people new or just learning about computers).

[socalgal]

I'm running BID and Jammer together, and was wondering if anyone is running these two and ZoneAlarm concurrently with no conflicts? (I'm pretty sure I saw someone here...)

Also, I can recommend The Cleaner. It picked up a webserver Trojan a week or so ago that nothing else caught (BID, NAV, Jammer) I decided to purchase it. http://www.moosoft.com/ - 30 day unclipped trial.

[jad1097]

I was running BID and ZA together on win98 and 2000. I had no kind of conflicts.

[socalgal]

Thanks, jad.

Doesn't it figure though? I buy BID then ZA comes along. Who would have thought a freeware firewall would be any good? (well.. I didn't) What I've been reading lately about ZA, this program just keeps getting better reviews.

[codybear]

I had bid and zonealarm and bid never got a chance to detect anything anymore as ZA picked up everything first so I tried bid alone to see if it was still working and..yep it was..I now only use ZA and have no problems..I like it that I can stop ALL internet activity with the click of a button and go to work...try it socalgal you will be pleased with it..I too paid for bid but..free and better cant be beat..

[socalgal]

Thanks Codybear, I am going to try it. If SysOpt Members and Steve Gibson give it a thunmbs up, it must be good. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[AuraEdge]

ZoneAlarm + Win2000 = perfect union for me.