[NCSA-discuss] windows cleanup following gratuitous download

Kevin Wilcox kevin at tux.appstate.edu
Tue Oct 10 09:14:04 EDT 2006


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Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Glenn Hennessee wrote:

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>> good at blocking incoming traffic but at blocking outgoing traffic,
>> get ZoneAlarm. There is a free version for home use. It knows common
>> internet accessing programs but will ask if you want to let programs
>> it doesn't know access the internet. This will let you know if
>> anything is "phoning home" like key loggers, and targeted pop ups.

> I didn't realise this was what ZoneAlarm did. I assumed it was much like
> my Linux firewall. Finding which process is opening a network connection
> isn't easy in Linux (I can't think of how to do it right now).
> 
> Couldn't find a free version for home use. Seems you have to buy or get
> a 15 day trial.

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1001_cnet_zdnet/zlsSetup_65_737_000_en.exe

It's *just* the firewall portion that's freely available. Everything
else in the suite you'd need to pay for and they don't put the download
link under "Download and Buy".

kw

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