On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:43:04 +0800, john wrote:
> It is sais that Zone Alarm Pro doesn't support Vista, is it ture?
You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in
itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.
"Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil.
http://www.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html
PFW Criticism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona...all#Criticisms
Jesper's Blogs-
At Least This Snake Oil Is Free.
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...l-is-free.aspx
Windows Firewall: the best new security feature in Vista?
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_joha...01/426921.aspx
Exploring The Windows Firewall.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...l/default.aspx
"If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already
compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you
ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a
gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without
doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why
outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it
doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall."
Managing the Windows Vista Firewall
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../cc510323.aspx
*(read twice!)*
Uninstall/Remove ZA from your OS and DON'T re-install!
http://zonealarm.donhoover.net/uninstall.html
--or--
Revo Uninstaller
http://www.revouninstaller.com/
Good luck