ZoneLabs Free

[David Sherman]

I have two questions:
1. What is the url to download the free version?

2. What does it do better than?

thanks

 

[plun]

Hi

1.
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conte...alm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en

Symantec/Sygate is also free and a good one.

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm


2. It protects both for inbound and outbound connections.
If for example an unknown Trojan tries to open a connection the
firewall
will alarm you. XP SP2 firewall will not alarm you.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Some current zonealarm products have begun to popup what is essentially an
ad, promoting their (paid) antispyware module.

Is Sygate still available for free?

This area is getting more difficult to find the good players.

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[plun]

Hi Bill

Never heard of any ads from Zone Alarm and Sygate is also free.

Better then to have a crazy unknown trojan and XP SP2.........

But about that we have discussed before.

I can also recommend some of these but I will not recommend to wait for
One Care.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx

TrendMicro PC-cillin is a really nice trial ;-)

--
plun



Bill Sanderson has brought this to us :

 

[David Sherman]

I have read that there is a free anti-spyware program also.

thanks

 

[Guest]

Gentlemen,
If one uses Zone Labs or Sygate should one disable the XP SP2 firewall or
use both one alongside the other?

 

[plun]

Hi

It´s the same as with antivirus, only 1 app running.

Zone Labs reports correct to XPs Security center and probably also
Sygate. So disable XPs built in firewall and check that either
ZoneAlarm or Sygate reports correctly to security center.

Also study the manual for each app.

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/media/pdf/zaclient60_user_manual.pdf

or

http://smb.sygate.com/support/userguides/spf/spf55_userguide.pdf

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Better to use just one. In some cases, with two, the actual source of the
outgoing packet that you are being asked to approve passage of--is
concealed--it'll appear as the firewall service, rather than the underlying
app.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Looks like they've taken heed of considerable feedback, and stopped this
practice, according to posts in their support forums.
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[Guest]

Hi Plun

"I can also recommend some of these but I will not recommend to wait for
One Care".

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx

You were of course, referring to the MSN Toolbar, right? )))

Stu

 

[Guest]

Gentlemen,
If one uses Zone Labs or Sygate should one disable the XP SP2 firewall or
use both one alongside the other?

With ZA free, the optimal setting is as follows: In ZA, Firewall, main tab,
click advanced, check disable Windows firewall on start up, OK out. Also, in
Overview, preferences, check Load ZA at startup. Now, shut down ZA by right
clicking on the sytem tray icon. In security center, set Windows firewall on.
Restart ZA from start, all programs. It therefore shuts down the Windows
firewall (you can see the change in security center). However if you shut
down ZA, the Windows firewall comes back on. That way, if ZA shuts down for
any reason, Windows firewall is switched on and you always have one firewall
on.

Note: that is the priciple, and it works mostly, although after some
restarts, if ZA is switched off Windows firewall may not come on (don't know
why not); so worth checking now and then.