Is it ok to keep windows firewall switched on as well as sygate?

S

Sash

Hi

I have just installed sygate and would like to know if you would advise to
keep windows xp's firewall on or off? I have spent all day messing around
with my pc due to some nasty viruses and I don't want to make any more
mistakes.

Thanks for all your help on this forum.
 
W

Will Denny

Hi

I run ZAP and have turned the XP Firewall off. Running 2 apps. of the same
kind at the same time 'could' cause conflicts.

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Yves Leclerc

ZAP (Zone Alarm) is supposed to turn off SP2 firewall.

It is not recommended to have two software firewalls active.
 
W

Will Denny

Hi Yves

ZAP does not turn off the SP2 Firewall - at least it hasn't done here on 3
machines and 6 different partitions.

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C

CS

Hi Yves

ZAP does not turn off the SP2 Firewall - at least it hasn't done here on 3
machines and 6 different partitions.
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Which version are you using? ZAP and ZA free (latest 5.XXXX)
definitely turn off the SP2 firewall on every machine that I've
installed them on.
 
W

Will Denny

ZAP 5.5.062.004

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Will Denny

CS said:
Same here. Don't know why it isn't turning off the SP2 firewall for
you???
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Hi

No idea why the difference between our 2 systems, but the SP2 Firewall stays
enabled here - even after a reboot and a cold start.


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A

Alex Nichol

Sash said:
I have just installed sygate and would like to know if you would advise to
keep windows xp's firewall on or off? I have spent all day messing around
with my pc due to some nasty viruses and I don't want to make any more
mistakes.
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Good third party firewalls usually disable the Windows one as they
initialise: let it do so, there is no point in having the job done twice
over
 

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