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From: Denis Scadeng on 14 Aug 2007 13:02 I use Sunbelt Personal Firewall, which seems to do its job OK. However, every so often I get a dialogue box labelled "Outgoing Connection Alert" which warns me that Google Toolbar Notifier is trying to communicate with a remote computer. It asks me to permit or deny but how do I tell? It gives the remote port but that doesn't help much. So do I permit or deny or how do I decide? -- Denis Scadeng denis(a)burdon.demon.co.uk http://www.burdon.demon.co.uk/
From: DevilsPGD on 14 Aug 2007 13:18 In message <NwoQeWAgAewGFwBJ(a)burdon.demon.co.uk> Denis Scadeng <denis(a)burdon.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I use Sunbelt Personal Firewall, which seems to do its job OK. However, >every so often I get a dialogue box labelled "Outgoing Connection Alert" >which warns me that Google Toolbar Notifier is trying to communicate >with a remote computer. It asks me to permit or deny but how do I tell? >It gives the remote port but that doesn't help much. > >So do I permit or deny or how do I decide? Do you trust Google Toolbar Notifier, and do you know why it wants to connect out? If so, allow it. If not, uninstall the app. -- Americans couldn't be any more self-absorbed if they were made from equal parts water and papertowel. -- Dennis Miller
From: Denis Scadeng on 15 Aug 2007 04:36 >Do you trust Google Toolbar Notifier, and do you know why it wants to >connect out? If so, allow it. > The point is that it asks me to make a choice of permit or deny and I don't have enough information to do this. If it automatically allowed or disallowed I would trust it to make the right choice. In practice I tend to permit and wait to see if any nasties appear but that is a risky strategy. -- Denis Scadeng denis(a)burdon.demon.co.uk http://www.burdon.demon.co.uk/
From: ArtDent on 15 Aug 2007 14:45
On 15-Aug-2007, Denis Scadeng <denis(a)burdon.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >Do you trust Google Toolbar Notifier, and do you know why it wants to > >connect out? If so, allow it. > > > The point is that it asks me to make a choice of permit or deny and I > don't have enough information to do this. www.google.com - type in the name of whatever is trying to connect and you will _usually_ get a good idea of whether it is benign or not. Just from the bits that show up on Googles page - without having to actually go and read the full articles. > If it automatically allowed or > disallowed I would trust it to make the right choice. You are very trusting. > In practice I tend > to permit and wait to see if any nasties appear but that is a risky > strategy. Yes, *very* risky. Better / safer strategy is to deny - but do not check the 'remember this answer' box - and see if you can still do whatever you want / need to do. Then when you reboot and it asks you again, re-deny, after a day or three, if everything is still working, then - and only then - check the 'remember this answer' box when you click deny. -- Never raise your hand against a child. It leaves your groin unprotected. |