Vista - Zonealarm and Vista

02-22-2009

Zonelabs Zonealarm firewalls on XP-systems delivers a constant flow of blocked attempts to access the computer. Another computer with windows vista also uses Zonealarm but the there are absolutely no blocked attemps listed in the log-windows. What's the reason: Is the firewall badly installed or does vista block the attemps before the firewall does so...?

Thanks
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Gerhard Felsing

02-23-2009

Kayman wrote:

Quote:

> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:02:13 +0100, Zeitzeuge wrote:
>

Quote:

>> Zonelabs Zonealarm firewalls on XP-systems delivers a constant flow
>> of blocked attempts to access the computer. Another computer with windows
>> vista also uses Zonealarm but the there are absolutely no blocked attemps
>> listed in the log-windows. What's the reason: Is the firewall badly
>> installed or does vista block the attemps before the firewall does so...?

>
> PFW Criticism.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona...all#Criticisms
>
> "Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil.
> http://www.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html
>
> Why your firewall sucks.
> http://tooleaky.zensoft.com/
> "But I quickly realized the truth: The added protection provided by
> outbound filtering is entirely illusory."
>
> At Least This Snake Oil Is Free.
> http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...l-is-free.aspx
>
> Deconstructing Common Security Myths.
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...s/default.aspx
> Scroll down to:
> "Myth: Host-Based Firewalls Must Filter Outbound Traffic to be Safe."
>
> Exploring the windows Firewall.
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...l/default.aspx
> "Outbound protection is security theaterâ€”itâ€™s a gimmick that only gives
> the impression of improving your security without doing anything that
> actually does improve your security."
>
> Managing the Windows Vista Firewall
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../cc510323.aspx
>
> To remove ZoneAlarm completely from your computer in case normal uninstall
> canâ€™t be run or doesnâ€™t run properly...
> http://forums.zonealarm.com/zonelabs...message.id=103
> --or--
> http://zonealarm.donhoover.net/uninstall.html
> --or--
> Revo Uninstaller
> http://www.revouninstaller.com/
>
> Good luck

Thank you, son! That's exactly the sort of answer I expected...

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Gerhard Felsing

02-22-2009	#1 (permalink)
Zeitzeuge n/a posts	Zonealarm and Vista Zonelabs Zonealarm firewalls on XP-systems delivers a constant flow of blocked attempts to access the computer. Another computer with windows vista also uses Zonealarm but the there are absolutely no blocked attemps listed in the log-windows. What's the reason: Is the firewall badly installed or does vista block the attemps before the firewall does so...? Thanks -- Gerhard Felsing
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02-23-2009	#2 (permalink)
Zeitzeuge n/a posts	Re: Zonealarm and Vista Kayman wrote: Quote: > On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:02:13 +0100, Zeitzeuge wrote: > Quote: >> Zonelabs Zonealarm firewalls on XP-systems delivers a constant flow >> of blocked attempts to access the computer. Another computer with windows >> vista also uses Zonealarm but the there are absolutely no blocked attemps >> listed in the log-windows. What's the reason: Is the firewall badly >> installed or does vista block the attemps before the firewall does so...? > > PFW Criticism. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona...all#Criticisms > > "Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil. > http://www.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html > > Why your firewall sucks. > http://tooleaky.zensoft.com/ > "But I quickly realized the truth: The added protection provided by > outbound filtering is entirely illusory." > > At Least This Snake Oil Is Free. > http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...l-is-free.aspx > > Deconstructing Common Security Myths. > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...s/default.aspx > Scroll down to: > "Myth: Host-Based Firewalls Must Filter Outbound Traffic to be Safe." > > Exploring the windows Firewall. > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...l/default.aspx > "Outbound protection is security theaterâ€”itâ€™s a gimmick that only gives > the impression of improving your security without doing anything that > actually does improve your security." > > Managing the Windows Vista Firewall > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../cc510323.aspx > > To remove ZoneAlarm completely from your computer in case normal uninstall > canâ€™t be run or doesnâ€™t run properly... > http://forums.zonealarm.com/zonelabs...message.id=103 > --or-- > http://zonealarm.donhoover.net/uninstall.html > --or-- > Revo Uninstaller > http://www.revouninstaller.com/ > > Good luck Thank you, son! That's exactly the sort of answer I expected... -- Gerhard Felsing
My System Specs

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