Zone Alarm Won't Install!

[Guest]

Help! Zone Alarm Won't Install!
I can't stay connected for long! My build is 5600 RC1

 

[John Barnett MVP]

I haven't tried installing ZA on Vista mainly because there was every chance
it wouldn't work. However, there is no immediate panic. Vista has it's own
firewall, so there is nothing stopping you staying on the internet.

I've been using the Vista built in firewall for months without problems. The
Vista firewall is somewhat superior to the original windows firewall in XP.

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[RR Johnson Jr]

John is absolutely correct here. However Windows One Care beta is live for
trial for those customers who would like to try it on Vista. Otherwise if
you are confident in the Windows firewall and need only antivirus protection
then AVAST home edition is FREE for use on one home PC.

regards
Robert

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Robert, i've just added One care to Vista RC2. Haven't used it before, but
quite impressed so far.

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[Guest]

"Vista has it's own firewall"

Technically yes, but in practice it's actually disabled by default
(outgoing) and most users in the world would not know how to make it work
anyway because it's completely manual (That's assuming that you can find
where to make the changes!). You have to understand quite a lot about
networking to even know where to start with it...

See http://wordswordswords.wordpress.com/2006/11/04/more-firewall/ for more