My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone Alarm
Firewall?
I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future problems may
occur.
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thank you

alxrays wrote:
> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone Alarm
> Firewall?
> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future problems may
> occur.

The general advice usually seen here - repeatedly - is: Anti-spyware
programs? The more the merrier. Firewall or anti-virus? ONE, only.

Tony

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Tony Meloche wrote:
> alxrays wrote:
>> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
>> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone
>> Alarm Firewall?
>> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future
>> problems may occur.
>
> The general advice usually seen here - repeatedly - is: Anti-spyware
> programs? The more the merrier. Firewall or anti-virus? ONE, only.
>
> Tony

I mean one EACH of anti-virus and firewall, of course. Just wanted to
be absolutely clear!

Tony


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"alxrays" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BD8E8CF2-5706-4EB8-9E8A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone Alarm
> Firewall?
> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future problems
may
> occur.
> --
> thank you

That's just fine...
since XP has a minimal firewall...many people also run Zone Alarm
(or Comodo) firewall

philo wrote:
> "alxrays" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BD8E8CF2-5706-4EB8-9E8A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
>> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone Alarm
>> Firewall?
>> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future problems
>> may occur.
>> --
> That's just fine...
> since XP has a minimal firewall...many people also run Zone Alarm
> (or Comodo) firewall

It is NOT just fine: ONE FIREWALL.

"alxrays" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BD8E8CF2-5706-4EB8-9E8A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone Alarm
> Firewall?
> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future problems
> may
> occur.
> --
> thank you
You are a lucky person indeed then.
All two firewalls bring to the table is one more place for conflicts to
arise.
Jim

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:usE$q7$(E-Mail Removed)...
> philo wrote:
> > "alxrays" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:BD8E8CF2-5706-4EB8-9E8A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
> >> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone
Alarm
> >> Firewall?
> >> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future
problems
> >> may occur.
> >> --
> > That's just fine...
> > since XP has a minimal firewall...many people also run Zone Alarm
> > (or Comodo) firewall
>
> It is NOT just fine: ONE FIREWALL.

I certainly could have been wrong with my advice

I have been running XP's firewall and a third party firewall for *years*...
have not had any problems due to that...but the 3rd party firewall catches
some things XP's firewall
allows.


If I were going to take the advice of using just one firewall...
I'd probably use a 3rd party application then just disable the XP firewall

essentially, if both firewalls
are configured correctly, one
should be blocking the other,
thus one is working and the
other cannot.

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set windows firewall
to no exceptions.

be sure you only have
one active connection.

and run a freeware like
siw and look at the info
on your ports and network
connections.

ensure there isn't anything
suspicious, like having several
ports opened.



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"alxrays" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BD8E8CF2-5706-4EB8-9E8A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone Alarm
> Firewall?
> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future problems may
> occur.
> --
> thank you

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> philo wrote:
>> "alxrays" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:BD8E8CF2-5706-4EB8-9E8A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> My OS is Windows XP Home Edition-
>>> Does anyone know if it is ok to run both Windows Firewall and Zone Alarm
>>> Firewall?
>>> I don't seem to be having any problems,but wonder if any future problems
>>> may occur.
>>> --
>> That's just fine...
>> since XP has a minimal firewall...many people also run Zone Alarm
>> (or Comodo) firewall
>
> It is NOT just fine: ONE FIREWALL.

Bullcrap. I have Comodo and a router firewall. XP's firewall is 1/2 a
firewall so you can't count it as "one".

Alias

"db ´¯`·.. > ` .. ." <)))ºdatabaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> essentially, if both firewalls
> are configured correctly, one
> should be blocking the other,
> thus one is working and the
> other cannot.
>
> --------------
>
> set windows firewall
> to no exceptions.
>
> be sure you only have
> one active connection.
>
> and run a freeware like
> siw and look at the info
> on your ports and network
> connections.
>
> ensure there isn't anything
> suspicious, like having several
> ports opened.
>
>
>


Even though I have an XP machine using XP's firewall plus a 3rd party
firewall...
and even though it's been running trouble-free for many years...
I can come up with at least one scenario where have two firewalls could
cause...if nothing else...
a bit of confusion.

For example...
if both firewalls did nothing to block an app. from connecting the the
internet...
I don't think that would cause a porblem.
OTOH: If both firewalls were set to block the app...
I can't see how that would hurt either...

but suppose one decided to allow one app to connect...
but the other firewall were blocking it silently...
then there would be a problem...and one would have to manually wade through
the configurations
to see what was going on.

Since XP's firewall is rather minimal I guess it never previously occured to
me that
yes, there could possibly be a problem with having two firewalls