Pros, cons of using 3rd party firewalls vs WIndows firewall?
At the suggestion of PA Bear, I am opening this thread to get an education on firewalls.I have a Dell Latitude D600 with XP Pro SP3. I was using ZoneAlarms free firewall. Apparently, though, ZA conflicted with my NetGear USB WiFi adapter and kicked me off the network after about an hour (at one place, it totally crashed the machine to a blue screen). At PA Bear's suggestion, I unloaded ZA and enabled the Windows firewall - no more conflicts!But I do miss a couple of other functions I had with ZA: -- visual indication on the task bar of traffic flow -- permit/deny internet access to specific programs -- completely locking out all internet activitySo is there a decent firewall program that provides good firewall protection AND these extra goodies WITHOUT conflicts?Or: Why should I stick with Windows firewall and not look elsewhere for additional functionality?Ed1 person got this answerI do too
January 11th, 2011 6:33pm

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