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13th Aug 03, 09:23 PM
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I use ZoneAlarm also, when I tried it ZA asked if I should allow explorer to access the internet.
I answered no and it said I was well protected.
Did you answer yes to let it out?
Dave
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13th Aug 03, 09:26 PM
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Is this a gimic to sell their products?* ???
Cheerz
Dave ?
EDIT: If I go to www.grc.com and test my firewall, I get a perfect score. So who is right and who is wrong?
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13th Aug 03, 09:57 PM
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Dave, ZA asked me nothing.
And DL, as far as whether it's a gimmick, if it told you private info I have to say there's something to it.
They are also a member of the BBB for what that's worth.
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13th Aug 03, 09:59 PM
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And here's what tucows has to say:
Information:
This personal firewall manages applications that send or receive data, providing identification of individual executable modules. It creates a virtual security network and directs potentially dangerous files from all PCs into a single gateway where experts investigate and classify them as good or bad in real time.
Along the right side of this review, you can also download pcAudit. This is a free tool used to simulate an attack by a hacker. It demonstrates the need for application control at the level of individual modules. It shows how lacking this allows a hacker to bypass a conventional firewall without being noticed.
A hacker can even hijack many popular personal firewall programs and use them to send back data. This tool lets any PC user determine whether their PC is vulnerable to intrusion. This may be the case even if you are behind a personal or a corporate firewall. Upon completion of your pcAudit, you will receive a detailed evaluation report.
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13th Aug 03, 10:47 PM
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yep, thats scary source. Sygate didn't even ask either, just allowed it to go through.
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14th Aug 03, 12:13 AM
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I tried that program and it got the snap shot of my screen and the dummy PW I entered. It called out without any alert from NIS 2003 set on HIGH LEVEL. Why? Because it calls out using port 80, the port used by MS IE. I setup a rule in NIS to notify me everytime traffic in & out of port 80 was attempted and to log it. Although the only rules I can set up in NIS are to block/permit/monitor. I can't find any way to configure it to block and ask me if I want to permit or bypass the rule.
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14th Aug 03, 12:19 AM
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Outpost makes it again. Cool.
(Beside of that I wonder why they collect email-addies, and IPs...)
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14th Aug 03, 12:28 AM
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Sorry, I should have mentioned I was in Windows 98. I guess that makes the difference.
Zone Alarm gives me a message about windows explorer wanting access to: 216.150.224.183:HTTP
I click no and get this screen (I made it a little smaller to fit).
Dave
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14th Aug 03, 12:32 AM
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Source, check your settings; maybe you allready have allowed Explorer to take trips around the Net? (But why should anyone let it?)
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