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PangingJr · Jan 31, 2004, 08:39 AM

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Originally posted by BWX232
I've been going by this list here for a while- A pretty good comparison of the major firewalls, free and pay-

http://www.agnitum.com/php_scripts/compare2.php

I think Black Ice is the one labeled "BID", not sure though. I like the auto connection manager and auto preconfig program/ app control Zone alarm has, because some services need internet access that I have no idea what I should let them do and not do- Anyway, Ill check it out still. That NIS 2002 or whatever it is looks nice, but expensive. Outpost PRO looks even better, and less expensive, but it's still just a chart.

what you had on your last posted could be something that was communicated using post 666 between your system and others or just a port scan, these are the reason that you saw ZAP and the CPU acts up, since port 666 is used by many of Trojans/Back Door.. i'd like to suggest you D/L a program like The Cleaner (other is good too, forgot all the names) that can/will do a better job on scan/remove Trojans than most of AV programs...

as for FW softwares, i saw you had ZAP,
on the quote, you're right about the "BID", its BlackIce defender.
you dont need NIS 2002 (Norton internet Security) its old version and not work good at all on some XP, 2004 version is still with bugs and prob, NIS 2003 or Norton Personnel Firewall 2003 (NPF not includes antivirus) is the one to test on. stay with the ZAP you dont what to go to Outpost, ZAP is far more easier configs.

What's your anti virus program? Do you use any others Ads/banners/popups blocker programs besides the one that offered in ZAP? the reason i ask becoz some softwares may/can conflict with one another, may worked good on others system or softwares but not on yours. i usually try/test every new softwares on a test partition till i see its fitted before installing on the main system. i've been test not all but most of the AV and FW softwares out there, maybe i can guide you abit so you can decide...

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