From: /m 


I agree about the Comodo UI.  Way too cutesy.

I think I'm leaning towards Sygate to replace Outpost here.  So long as
Microsoft doesn't kill it off with a "security update" (a la
AtGuard), Sygate will do fine for me until I'm off Windows.

 /m



On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:16:51 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote:

>I'm trying out Comodo, but I'm not sure yet if I like it. It has a toy-like
>UI which bothers me for some reason, and I find it a wee bit difficult to
>set it up for things like a local webserver which I use for development but
>don't want to be accessible from the outside. I've only used it for a week
>or so, though, so I'm still in the "undecided" category.
>
>I really, really likes Sygate, but need something current which I can use
>for friends and family when needed...
>
>
>Antti Kurenniemi
>
>"/m"  wrote in message
>news:i199k29is6obfk67d6u76kg626n4513r8m{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> Thanks for the pointer, I'll look into Comodo as well.
>>
>> I'm also watching Core Force.  It looks like it may have potential once
>> they get to a 1.0 version.  So far, it has worked fine in my quick
>> tests.
>>
http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=30
>>
>> /m
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:18:32 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>>
>>>Comodo Firewall seems like a good one to try.  I just downloaded it
>>>recently
>>>after seeing it referenced here by someone, and after reading the very
>>>good
>>>review given it by Neil Rubenking from PC Mag.  It tested
better than both
>>>Outpost and Sygate and its free.  They also have a free antivirus and a
>>>free
>>>spam product.  I haven't used either of them, but might give a look at
>>>their
>>>anti-spam product.  Right now I'm using Avast anti-virus and
I'm perfectly
>>>happy with its performance.
>>>
>>>http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>Gary
>>>
>>>"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>>news:4543b628$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>I thought Symantec purchased and subsequently scrapped Sygate?
>>>>
>>>> "/m"  wrote in message
>>>> news:bfc7k2lf7mg7ojuh6rlq4svgn13ss8s0t1{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> Agnitum's Outpost firewall seems to be doing something
similar in their
>>>>> new 4.0 version.  What a mess.  Outpost is getting more and more
>>>>> bloated
>>>>> with each release and stuff is just not working properly here.
>>>>>
>>>>> I may switch over to Sygate and forego my 3-user
license for Outpost.
>>>>> I
>>>>> already switched over to Sygate from Outpost on my notebook.
>>>>>
>>>>> /m
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:34:24 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>It looks like it's related to the srescan service
that Zonelabs added
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>6.5.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=gen&message.id=
36422
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In installing Roxio media creator suite 8, it did
not install properly.
>>>>>>On
>>>>>>analysis I found the this was because it could not
write required
>>>>>>information in some registry keys (some of its
essential services
>>>>>>failed
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>be installed). Only after a '/clean' install of ZA
free 6.5.731 was I
>>>>>>able
>>>>>>to install EMC8 successfully. Just shutting down ZA
is insufficient, it
>>>>>>seems to be ZA's srescan service that causes the
problem and that does
>>>>>>not
>>>>>>get unloaded when you just shut down ZA, even if
you set 'don't load ZA
>>>>>>at
>>>>>>startup' and reboot, srescan is apparently loaded
(it shows in device
>>>>>>manager as installed).
>>>>>>Reinstalling ZA after installing EMC8 works fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>news:4542cbc4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> My 2nd DVD drive kept changing it's drive
letter on 2 different
>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> had me perplexed as to what was causing it.
Twas Zone Alarm 6.5.x.x .
>>>>>>> Meethinks I need a new less dangerous firewall
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=gen&message.i
d=37443
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 6.5.x.x. has a known problem for anyone who is
using the drive mapper
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> Windows Disk Management to re-letter their
accessory drives such as
>>>>>>> CD/DVD/USB/Zip drives. I haven't had a problem
with ZA re-lettering
>>>>>>> partitions, but my partitions are all lettered
in order. But if your
>>>>>>> accessory drives are not lettered
sequentially, ZA will change the
>>>>>>> drive
>>>>>>> letter of at least one of them. For instance,
let's say you have on
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>> HDD, partitions C: and D:, and you have a DVD
called S: and a CD
>>>>>>> called
>>>>>>> T:
>>>>>>> For several people ZA will change the T: drive
to letter E: (the
>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>> available drive letter). You can change it
back to T: using the drive
>>>>>>> mapper in Windows Disk Management, but ZA will
put it back to E: on
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> next reboot. ZA Tech Support is aware of the
problem and wrote me
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> they hope to fix it in the next release. For
me and others, reverting
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> version 6.1.744.001 stopped that problem with
changing drive letters.
>>>>>>> So
>>>>>>> you might want to try to revert to that
earlier version to see if it
>>>>>>> stops
>>>>>>> your problem (if indeed you are using a 6.5
version). The previous
>>>>>>> versions are available for download on the
ZoneLabs support website.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If this solves your problem, file a report to
Tech Support so they
>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>> know the extent of the drive-letter changing
problem, etc. with
>>>>>>> 6.5.x.x.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Support form:
>>>>>>>
https://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/forms/tech_support.jsp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>

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