ZoneAlarm

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I have been using ZoneAlarm for over a year now on three computers and have had no problems with it.
i consider myself an adanced computer user and frequently perform spyware checks etc.
But debeast said in his thread that it contains spyware. I'm sorry but I totally disagree! Never in my time of using it have I had any problems.
It is free to use and I feel is the best Firewall out there!
Sir IP
i consider myself an adanced computer user and frequently perform spyware checks etc.
But debeast said in his thread that it contains spyware. I'm sorry but I totally disagree! Never in my time of using it have I had any problems.
It is free to use and I feel is the best Firewall out there!
Sir IP
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No offence to Debeast (got it right that time) but from his reply to Corey's post i think he just doesn't like Zone Alarm..
I have tried loads of different fire-walls but I just keep coming back to ZoneAlarm. Have to say its great! Free updates etc. too!
BTW can I find out who these IP addresses belong to?
I have seen some other software where you can monitor the connections in real time, send them a message (to say "please go away") and then forcibly reject any connection from their IP. I think its freeware, but can't think of the name off the top of my head. PM me if you want to try it and I will go search.
Alternatively if you run Kazaa, Edonkey, Limewire or any other variant, you can expect to be hit many times by various members of the RIAA that look to see what you are sharing and what you have on your machine. As Martin says, not to be discussed further, but I like to make people aware of the risks that they inadvertently run when downloading/sharing.
Hope this helps
ZoneAlarm tells you in the logfiles who the ip addresses belong to - the column entitled 'Source DNS'. Still a bit cryptic, but easier to understand than "82.86.112.195".
And yes, the firewall will record a lot of hits. I am averaging about 25 per hour at present, that shoots up to 30-50 per minute when a new virus or trojan that randomly targets ip addresses is on the go.
I would be wary about ANY kind of response to these pings - surely the best way is to pretend that your ip address does not exist. Sending a message saying 'please go away' is like responding to a junk email - all it does is confirm that they have found a live 'target'.
Pings are just from websites or your ISP checking that you are online.
I would advice you to turn the alerts off in ZoneAlarm, doesn't make any difference having them on!
Anyway, my question is what pings do you see? I might have to look at another ISP and I have never seen pings from them or websites to see if I am on line. I have even run sniffer traces on the external net to find out what was happening on my network connection to my ISP. Please would you describe what you have seen as I don't understand why an ISP or website should stribe to see when I am online and when I am not.