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From: Al Klein on 30 Aug 2006 15:22 On 29 Aug 2006 23:52:01 GMT, Jackie <Jackie(a)Onassis.com> wrote: >Buy a good NAT router, configure it correctly, put your box behind it, run a free antivirus, and keep your OS patched and don't run strange tings or MSIE/OE and you won' >t need a "personal firewall." Well ... maybe for the occasional program that slips through that phones home. But with a good router you won't need a firewall for incoming connections.
From: Rick Merrill on 30 Aug 2006 15:32 Jackie wrote: > Buy a good NAT router, configure it correctly, put your box behind it, run a free antivirus, and keep your OS patched and don't run strange tings or MSIE/OE and you won' > t need a "personal firewall." > unless you want to run FTP service ...
From: Bear Bottoms on 30 Aug 2006 18:51 On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:02:02 -0500, John Corliss <jcorliss(a)fake.invalid> wrote: > Comodo wrote: >> Bear Bottoms wrote: >>> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:55:57 -0500, <jmatt(a)webace.com.au> wrote: >>> >>>> Sir Psycho wrote: >>>>> Has anyone found something similar thats lightweight? >>>> Comodo Personal Firewall >>>> http://www.comodogroup.com/products/free_products.html >>>> FAQ >>>> http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,894.0.html >>>> Flash tutorial ( You may have to use IE ) >>>> http://www.embsolutions.com.au/cpf_rule/ >>>> http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,395.0.html >>>> How to Protect your wifi-Lan >>>> http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,361.0.html >>>> Forums >>>> http://forums.comodo.com/ >>>> >>> Comodo bundles freakware with their products...do a search >> that's just so untrue!!!! >> Please get your facts right before you make any suggestions about any >> product. > > I agree. If somebody is going to make such a claim, they should provide > links to sites providing information about such concerns. I haven't > tried Commodo yet, but I do know that PC Magazine thinks quite highly of > it: > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1969485,00.asp > > I find it doubtful they'd feel that way if "freakware" was bundled with > it. > I posted a link, but here it is again: http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/05/12/security_aadgdfdddh_ah/ The question is: does comodo include bundled software that does something other than what a firewall does? It seems they do. Some may think it harmless. I don't want any bundles and who knows what it really does. -- I research freeware http://bearbottoms1.com
From: Bear Bottoms on 30 Aug 2006 18:55 On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:07:59 -0500, John Corliss <jcorliss(a)fake.invalid> wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> Comodo wrote: >>> Bear Bottoms wrote: >>>> jmatt(a)webace.com.au wrote: >>>>> Sir Psycho wrote: >>>>>> Has anyone found something similar thats lightweight? >>>>> >>>>> Comodo Personal Firewall >>>>> http://www.comodogroup.com/products/free_products.html >>>>> FAQ >>>>> http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,894.0.html >>>>> Flash tutorial ( You may have to use IE ) >>>>> http://www.embsolutions.com.au/cpf_rule/ >>>>> http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,395.0.html >>>>> How to Protect your wifi-Lan >>>>> http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,361.0.html >>>>> Forums >>>>> http://forums.comodo.com/ >>>> >>>> Comodo bundles freakware with their products...do a search >>> >>> that's just so untrue!!!! >>> Please get your facts right before you make any suggestions about any >>> product. >> Not my facts ... I link the article: >> http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/05/12/security_aadgdfdddh_ah/ >> --I research freeware http://bearbottoms1.com > > Thanks for providing that link (the emailbattles one). > Your welcome. I'm not interested in any "bundles" regardless of what the claim is. When I first saw it, I almost jumped for joy...then the bombshell. Who really knows what it does? -- I research freeware http://bearbottoms1.com
From: Bear Bottoms on 30 Aug 2006 18:56
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:08:18 -0500, Allan Higdon <alhigdon(a)mailinator.com> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:18:45 -0500, Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)cox.net> > wrote: > >> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:06:02 -0500, Sir Psycho >> <totalharmonicdistortion(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Now that Kerio Personal Firewall has gotten all bloated up im looking >>> for an alternative. >>> >>> One of its handy fetaures was that it told you what program wanted to >>> connect out, what protocol it used, what port and allowed you to create >>> rules based on these connections. >>> >>> Has anyone found something similar thats lightweight? >>> >>> Thank you all >>> >> >> Ashampoo...it's the best right now. http://bearbottoms1.com >> > > I tried it out myself. > When I used the ShieldsUp site (Common Ports), the ports were mostly > Closed, with a few actually Open. > No Stealth at all. > A post from "Justme" on 8/24 mentioned the same result. > I ran Gibson's stuff last night and was fully protected???? -- I research freeware http://bearbottoms1.com |