kobrakommander56 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Is Zonealarm a much better program than norton? Insert random C4 joke here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 i personnally wouldnt touch norton with your bargepole let alone mine Homer: I never apologise, im sorry Lisa. Thats just the way i am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kika Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Any application of Norton = Resource hog. use Outpost Firewall which does not hog resources and gives good protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 both zonealarm and norton are bloated... but the recent zonealarm paid version provide extra layer of protection and zonealarm GUI is much cleaner than norton... but overall both are good programs... --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted November 6, 2005 Moderators Share Posted November 6, 2005 My advice to anyone that is considering buying a software firewall is to instead buy a router. These will not hog resources and are more secure than a software firewall(they cant be disabled). If its a matter of cost remember that a firewall program costs about $30 every year. A router has a one time fee of anywhere from $40-$80. I have a linksys router and have decided to see if I really feel secure without ZA. I have tested it on every firewall test site I can find and it passes with the highest levels of security. Lastly if anyone ones to test there firewall I highly recommend the test on this site: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 i agree i just ran that shields up and according to that it doesnt even know if my computer exists. i use a wireless netgear router, one that mrg recommended to me, and its great Homer: I never apologise, im sorry Lisa. Thats just the way i am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 I did a test, I'm 100% fine, nothing got through, only thing that was picked up was my IP, but I'm not going to get a proxy or disguise it as some web sites that are used by users of this PC need the genuine IP to be running when on a site. So I'm pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 As oli said. Symantec/Norton wouldnt even touch that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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