Re: Re: [OT] ZoneAlarm alternatives ??

["Chris Miles" <chrismiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dom, It is pretty safe to assume though that the majority of people
on here are technically inclined in some form or another, and therefor
advice that is off the beaten track is usually given and taken :)

I have worked in various areas of IT for many years and never use a
software firewall.

Firstly: I Have no need to block outgoing connections because I know
exactly what processes I have running on any my machines at any time

Windows, and also Linux provides you with many tools in the operating
system itself to look after your network. netstat for example to check
which connections are currently being made to and from a machine.

By when you need it, I mean a scheduled weekly scan. Not having a dozen
processes sitting there scanning my hard drive and network, chewing up
resources.

And P.S I worked for High Level Support for AOL UK for 3 years, and have
dealt
with the worst of the worst so I know the typical toe-the-line support for
n00bs.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: domdevitto
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] ZoneAlarm alternatives ??


I still think that knowing that application 'X' is communicating with
here, there and everywhere is useful.
Oh, and only running this stuff "when you need it" is a bit
weird,
unless you are often offline?

Dom

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "milesy1981" <chrismiles@...> wrote:
>
> The best suggestion I can give you is NOT to use a software
> firewall. They simply are not nessessary. Get a router, and you then
> have a hardware firewall protecting you, and not slowing your
> machine.
>
> Only software you need is
>
> Anti Virus - AVG
> Anti Spyware - Ad-Aware
> Anti Rootkit - F-Secure blacklight
>
> the latter two only needing to run when you need them running.
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dean Barrett" <dean@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone got any suggestions for a lightweight anti-
> virus/firewall product
> >
> > I'm getting fed up with Zonealarm hogging resources at the
moment.
> >
> > I'm not sure which is best - previously Symantec seemed to work
> fine on
> > other machines but then seemed to slow them down. I also just
> removed McAfee
> > from my fathers laptop as that seemed to be having quite a
> detrimental
> > effect on performance.
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> > Dean.
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>






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