On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
them.
If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
keeping?
Personally, I'd avoid running either of them! - both are known as resource
hogs (especially in Win9x systems)
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"wylbur37"
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> On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
>
> I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> them.
>
> If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> keeping?
>
Personally, I'd avoid running either of them! - both are known as resource
hogs (especially in Win9x systems)
--
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"wylbur37"
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> On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
>
> I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> them.
>
> If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> keeping?
>
In comp.security.firewalls wylbur37
> On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
It does not make sense. It does even not make sense to have one of them,
because with Windows ME, you just can unbind any network service (with
the exception of TCP/IP) from your outside interface, and you will not
need a "Personal Firewall" at all.
Yours,
VB.
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I wouldn't run either McAvee or Norton myself. They both hog your machine
and are not as effective or user friendly as several free AV progs (AVG for
example)
Yrs Quilljar
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I wouldn't run either McAvee or Norton myself. They both hog your machine
and are not as effective or user friendly as several free AV progs (AVG for
example)
Yrs Quilljar
For a good book to read look at...
http://www.quilljar.btinternet.co.uk/flotboom.htm
"Quilljar"
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>I wouldn't run either McAvee or Norton myself. They both hog your machine
>and are not as effective or user friendly as several free AV progs (AVG for
>example)
>
The question was in respect of Firewalls, not AV's (but I wouldn't run
Norton
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"Quilljar"
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>I wouldn't run either McAvee or Norton myself. They both hog your machine
>and are not as effective or user friendly as several free AV progs (AVG for
>example)
>
The question was in respect of Firewalls, not AV's (but I wouldn't run
Norton
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wylbur37 wrote:
> On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
>
> I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> them.
>
> If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> keeping?
>
The only thing that could happen is what they call a double FW situation
that could prevent inbound packets from reaching the computer. I had
that happen to me with having BlackIce and XP's FW active at the same
time, which prevented syslog packets boradcasted to the machine running
Wallwatcher by the router. The packets were being blocked. I disable the
XP FW and the problem was corrected. If you're not experiencing that
kind of situation, then run them both.
Duane :)
wylbur37 wrote:
> On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
>
> I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> them.
>
> If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> keeping?
>
The only thing that could happen is what they call a double FW situation
that could prevent inbound packets from reaching the computer. I had
that happen to me with having BlackIce and XP's FW active at the same
time, which prevented syslog packets boradcasted to the machine running
Wallwatcher by the router. The packets were being blocked. I disable the
XP FW and the problem was corrected. If you're not experiencing that
kind of situation, then run them both.
Duane :)
"wylbur37"
news:1141374118.769239.143220@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.. .
> On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
>
> I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> them.
>
> If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> keeping?
>
there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its a
matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate 5.6(symantec
hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with it.
Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small footprint
compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am trying
out currently.
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
"wylbur37"
news:1141374118.769239.143220@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.. .
> On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
>
> I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> them.
>
> If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> keeping?
>
there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its a
matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate 5.6(symantec
hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with it.
Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small footprint
compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am trying
out currently.
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
Quilljar wrote:
>
> I wouldn't run either McAvee or Norton myself. They both hog your machine
> and are not as effective or user friendly as several free AV progs (AVG for
> example)
Huh?
The OP's talking about firewalls... Where did Norton and the subject of AV
programs come from?
It's been suggested that simultaneous firewalls *not* be run.
Notan
Quilljar wrote:
>
> I wouldn't run either McAvee or Norton myself. They both hog your machine
> and are not as effective or user friendly as several free AV progs (AVG for
> example)
Huh?
The OP's talking about firewalls... Where did Norton and the subject of AV
programs come from?
It's been suggested that simultaneous firewalls *not* be run.
Notan
Good advice.
Harry.
"JAD"
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>
> "wylbur37"
> news:1141374118.769239.143220@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.. .
> > On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> > Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
> >
> > I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> > co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> > them.
> >
> > If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> > keeping?
> >
>
> there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its
a
> matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate
5.6(symantec
> hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with
it.
> Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small
footprint
> compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am
trying
> out currently.
>
>
> http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
>
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
>
>
Good advice.
Harry.
"JAD"
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>
> "wylbur37"
> news:1141374118.769239.143220@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.. .
> > On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> > Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
> >
> > I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> > co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> > them.
> >
> > If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> > keeping?
> >
>
> there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its
a
> matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate
5.6(symantec
> hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with
it.
> Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small
footprint
> compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am
trying
> out currently.
>
>
> http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
>
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
>
>
JAD wrote:
>
> "wylbur37"
> news:1141374118.769239.143220@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.. .
> > On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> > Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
> >
> > I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> > co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> > them.
> >
> > If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> > keeping?
> >
>
> there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its a
> matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate 5.6(symantec
> hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with it.
> Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small footprint
> compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am trying
> out currently.
>
> http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
>
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
Have a look at Kerio Personal Firewall (recently purchased by Sunbelt):
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/kerio.cfm
Great firewall, great price!
Notan
JAD wrote:
>
> "wylbur37"
> news:1141374118.769239.143220@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.. .
> > On a Windows Me system, is it OK to have McAfee Personal Firewall and
> > Zone Alarm (free) both running at the same time?
> >
> > I know they're probably mutually redundant, but if they can peacefully
> > co-exist, it's easier to leave them both on instead of removing one of
> > them.
> >
> > If it turns out that they shouldn't co-exist, which do you recommend
> > keeping?
> >
>
> there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its a
> matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate 5.6(symantec
> hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with it.
> Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small footprint
> compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am trying
> out currently.
>
> http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
>
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
Have a look at Kerio Personal Firewall (recently purchased by Sunbelt):
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/kerio.cfm
Great firewall, great price!
Notan
In comp.security.firewalls JAD
> there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its a
> matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate 5.6(symantec
> hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with it.
Sygate has bad security design flaws.
> Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small footprint
> compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am trying
> out currently.
Tiny "Personal Firewall" was the only "Personal Firewall" in our test,
which did not filter anything as the default configuration. It's just
unusable for the average home user. And it has bad security design flaws.
Yours,
VB.
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Wenn Du "Ich sehe die Mathematik als einzigen Bereich an, wo es klare
Beweise gibt." und "Ich fuehle mich in einem Anzug unwohl." als Aussagen
mit aequivalentem Meinungsinhalt betrachtest, hast Du mit Deinem Gleichnis
recht. (Michail Bachmann zu Thomas Wallutis in d.a.s.r)
In comp.security.firewalls JAD
> there is no reason to do this as resources will be reduced greatly. if its a
> matter of 'lack of confidence' of one or the other, get sygate 5.6(symantec
> hasn't ruined it , YET, but there are no more updates) and be done with it.
Sygate has bad security design flaws.
> Do I think its perfect? No, what is?, but it has a pretty small footprint
> compared to those two. 'Tiny FW' is another good choice, which I am trying
> out currently.
Tiny "Personal Firewall" was the only "Personal Firewall" in our test,
which did not filter anything as the default configuration. It's just
unusable for the average home user. And it has bad security design flaws.
Yours,
VB.
--
Wenn Du "Ich sehe die Mathematik als einzigen Bereich an, wo es klare
Beweise gibt." und "Ich fuehle mich in einem Anzug unwohl." als Aussagen
mit aequivalentem Meinungsinhalt betrachtest, hast Du mit Deinem Gleichnis
recht. (Michail Bachmann zu Thomas Wallutis in d.a.s.r)
In comp.security.firewalls Notan
> > > On a Windows Me system
^^^^^^^^^^
> Have a look at Kerio Personal Firewall (recently purchased by Sunbelt):
> http://www.sunbelt-software.com/kerio.cfm
> Great firewall, great price!
And completely useless, at least on this platform.
Yours,
VB.
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Wenn Du "Ich sehe die Mathematik als einzigen Bereich an, wo es klare
Beweise gibt." und "Ich fuehle mich in einem Anzug unwohl." als Aussagen
mit aequivalentem Meinungsinhalt betrachtest, hast Du mit Deinem Gleichnis
recht. (Michail Bachmann zu Thomas Wallutis in d.a.s.r)
In comp.security.firewalls Notan
> > > On a Windows Me system
^^^^^^^^^^
> Have a look at Kerio Personal Firewall (recently purchased by Sunbelt):
> http://www.sunbelt-software.com/kerio.cfm
> Great firewall, great price!
And completely useless, at least on this platform.
Yours,
VB.
--
Wenn Du "Ich sehe die Mathematik als einzigen Bereich an, wo es klare
Beweise gibt." und "Ich fuehle mich in einem Anzug unwohl." als Aussagen
mit aequivalentem Meinungsinhalt betrachtest, hast Du mit Deinem Gleichnis
recht. (Michail Bachmann zu Thomas Wallutis in d.a.s.r)
Volker Birk wrote:
>
> In comp.security.firewalls Notan
> > > > On a Windows Me system
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> > Have a look at Kerio Personal Firewall (recently purchased by Sunbelt):
> > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/kerio.cfm
> > Great firewall, great price!
>
> And completely useless, at least on this platform.
Sorry, I missed the "Windows ME."
Notan