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Re: New Zone Alarm is SHIT!
de Brian Robertson 06/25/2006 10:43
"Ron May" <mayron@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:54:54 -0400, "Brian Robertson"
> <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>I believe that he means that the Security Centre in the Control Panel is
>>showing that he has no firewall protection. IIRC the last freeware update
>>to
>>Kerio was in early 2003, so this program (or version of this program) may
>>be
>>too old for the Security Centre to take notice of it. This of course
>>doesn't
>>mean that he is unprotected. IIRC earlier versions of AVG-Free had a
>>similar
>>problem. The protection is there, it just doesn't show up in the Security
>>Centre.
>
> Using KPF 2.1.5 with WinXP Media Center here.
>
> The Security Center window shows "Firewall - NOT MONITORED" The text
> says: "You've told us you're running a firewall that you will monitor
> yourself. To help protect your computer against viruses and other
> security threats, make sure that your firewall is turned on or turn on
> Windows Firewall."
>
> As you say, it's not that the OP is unprotected. IMHO it's just the
> M$ way of pushing it's own firewall.
I don't think that is an entirely fair assessment. The MS Firewall is only
one of many firewalls that is monitored by the Security Centre. IMO the
message is there for those who probably won't download and install a third
party firewall. These folks might as well take advantage of the minimal
protection that is now built into Windows.
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