I am currently useing IE with zonealarm but zonealarm slows down my login time and i was wondering if mozilla's firewall will stop hackers. I dont care bout viruses cause I can get rid of them with ease but i have had people hack into my computer and use my internet.
2007-01-14 17:04:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Yes! No browser can protect you from incomming requests. When you sign onto the internet, your computer becomes a fuctional part of the internet and will see hundreds of thousands of requests. Some of them are just looking for un protected systems to get into. Your browser only deals in http situations and won't stop an intruder.
2007-01-14 17:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by afreshpath_admin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mozilla does not have a firewall! Mozilla is better protected against browser exploits, but that is the only infection vector that Fx has a slight advantage in.
Without a firewall you are vulnerable to attack through any open ports that have an app with an unpatched vulnerability behind that port.
Use a firewall with any and every browser.
2007-01-14 17:28:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never knew that Mozilla have got their firewall!! Ensure that they DO have a firewall. And ZoneAlarm is the best by far, so better not replace it.
2007-01-14 18:33:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
by using a ways and away, Linux with Firefox outperforms any Win/Firewall/Firefox mixture. in case you should have Win, evaluate a separate community signal splitter (modem field) at each and each pc. Hackers will in trouble-free words see the signal splitter. you'll torrent with the further hardware while the firewall will complicate your information superhighway adventure.
2016-10-31 03:25:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you probably should use a firewall with firefox. even though there might be an integrated firewall in firefox, that only covers firefox, and does not cover any other programs that could be sending out information to other people out there. a firewall should cover your whole computer, every port available, except for a selected few that need to be open. so yes you should use a firewall.
2007-01-14 17:09:54 · answer #5 · answered by michaelchavez07 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To find out if you do go to this website. http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2 When you go there select all service ports and it will tell you if your pc is protected.
2007-01-14 17:59:31 · answer #6 · answered by cashcobra_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u need one and the best one u can get is filseclab u can read the reviews at cnet.com
www.filseclab.com and its free
2007-01-14 18:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by Neo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋