zonealarm any good?

[Commando Line]

hi,

i recently installed an application called zonealarm, whose purpose is
to monitor network activity to and from your computer. whenever an
application tries to access the internet it lets me know

but does it? i have still have gmt and cmyes running on my machine and
i sunderstand that they are spyware apps. if they are accessing the
internet zonealarm hasnt said anything about them.

can anyone reccommend a better security product/? thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Norton Internet Security 2004
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

-- Includes Norton AntiVirus 2004
-- Includes Norton Personal Firewall
-- Includes prevention of annoying web pop-ups
-- Includes Parental Controls
-- All in one, easy-to-install package


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

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| hi,
|
| i recently installed an application called zonealarm, whose purpose is
| to monitor network activity to and from your computer. whenever an
| application tries to access the internet it lets me know
|
| but does it? i have still have gmt and cmyes running on my machine and
| i sunderstand that they are spyware apps. if they are accessing the
| internet zonealarm hasnt said anything about them.
|
| can anyone reccommend a better security product/? thanks

 

[Jerry Levine]

I'm using ZoneAlarm Pro and it's great. In conjunction with that I use
Spybot Search and Destroy (a freebee). The new Norton is supposed to also
eliminate spyware but I've heard from many that it's not too effective.

 

[Christine]

Hi,

Try Ad-aware, it is a free program that finds spyware,
registry keys, etc and then gives you the option of
choosing which ones to uninstall.
I just ran it and deleted 55keys! One had the nearve to
boldly call it self highjacker. good luck

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
hi,

i recently installed an application called zonealarm, whose purpose is
to monitor network activity to and from your computer. whenever an
application tries to access the internet it lets me know

but does it? i have still have gmt and cmyes running on my machine and
i sunderstand that they are spyware apps. if they are accessing the
internet zonealarm hasnt said anything about them.

can anyone reccommend a better security product/? thanks
.

A firewall does not remove spyware! why if you know that
you have them are they still their?

 

[Cyberdog]

i recently installed an application called zonealarm, whose purpose is
to monitor network activity to and from your computer. whenever an
application tries to access the internet it lets me know

but does it? i have still have gmt and cmyes running on my machine and
i sunderstand that they are spyware apps. if they are accessing the
internet zonealarm hasnt said anything about them.

can anyone reccommend a better security product/? thanks

I used to use Zonealarm but found it caused some problems. I now use
Outpost from Agnitum. They do a free one as well as a pay one. Take a
look
http://www.agnitum.com/

 

[Guest]

Yes,Spybot is good and it is free; there is a new version
available, just "google" it. "Spyblaster" is another one
that claims to stop this stuff before it installs; also
freeware. These are both dependant upon specific
definitions, so they need to bo updated frequently.

 

[Paul Brown]

I'm using ZoneAlarm Pro and it's great. In conjunction with that I use
Spybot Search and Destroy (a freebee). The new Norton is supposed to also
eliminate spyware but I've heard from many that it's not too effective.

SpywareBlaster

SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it
from ever being installed.

Since installing this, I've been hard pressed to find any Spyware
using AdAware. Spyware Blaster, AdAware and Zone Alarm Pro has made
my system very bug free.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Paul