And if I use Zone Alarm, I should turn OFF the built in Windows one, right?
2007-09-01 04:24:18 · 7 answers · asked by Luna Maya 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
comodo is better but anything is better than windows f/w and yes only 1 f/w
2007-09-01 04:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by tasty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Zone Alarm is much better and yes, turn off XP's built in firewall
2007-09-01 04:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First things first.
You cannot have two Firewalls running at the same time. (If you do, your computer won't work properly so you will have to disable the windows xp FW).
Zone Alarm is a bi directional firewall (it checks incoming as well as outgoing connections) whereas windows xp checks only the incoming connections. Trust me (I Have worked in Zone Alarm Tech support) Zone Alarm is better than xp fw.
2007-09-01 04:40:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, if Microsoft hasn't changed it in the last few years, it is still very limited. Better than nothing, but if it's the same you can get a much better firewall. Turn off Microsoft's firewall if you do. They're liable to interfere with each other. Microsoft will tell you this, maybe in Help & Support.
2007-09-01 08:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by Larry W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The built-in Windows XP firewall only monitors incoming traffic so to answer your question, yes ZA is better.
2007-09-01 04:30:41 · answer #5 · answered by MLM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Ty about Comodo. I prefer it to Zone Alarm.
2007-09-01 04:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by OPad 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, of course zap is better than xp firewall. if you have zap turned on you do not need another firewall. so you better turn off the xp firewall.
2007-09-01 04:31:08 · answer #7 · answered by K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋