Yes, Zone Alarm works well as a firewall. It may also be a good idea to disable your Internet connection when it is not needed.
It may also be a good idea NOT to jump on the bandwagon here and get into XP just yet. My eXPerience with MS OS's is to wait atleast one year before upgrading so they can iron out some crutial bugs...
ah yes, finally someone who thinks practically. why, if i may be so bold, must we all go out and spend our hard earned money on a product which we all know is full of serious security holes, just because bill says it is a good idea? talk about being a slave cash cow to microsoft.
now, before some of you hardcore windows freaks get the wrong idea, i do use windows. it is the right tool for some jobs. but when it comes to OS functionality and power, i use RH 7.1 on my toshiba satellite 1735. may i also interject here how that install went? a hell of alot easier than the W2K install went. i hit [ENTER] about 8 times, and that was it.
i am sick and tired of the extremist fundamentalists in the computer industry, and the ignorance which follows. no, my friends, linux is not better that windows, windows is not better than linux... it just comes down to the simple question "Is it the right tool for the job?"
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Yes, Zone Alarm works well as a firewall. It may also be a good idea to disable your Internet connection when it is not needed. It may also be a good idea NOT to jump on the bandwagon here and get into XP just yet. My eXPerience with MS OS's is to wait atleast one year before upgrading so they can iron out some crutial bugs...
ah yes, finally someone who thinks practically. why, if i may be so bold, must we all go out and spend our hard earned money on a product which we all know is full of serious security holes, just because bill says it is a good idea? talk about being a slave cash cow to microsoft. now, before some of you hardcore windows freaks get the wrong idea, i do use windows. it is the right tool for some jobs. but when it comes to OS functionality and power, i use RH 7.1 on my toshiba satellite 1735. may i also interject here how that install went? a hell of alot easier than the W2K install went. i hit [ENTER] about 8 times, and that was it. i am sick and tired of the extremist fundamentalists in the computer industry, and the ignorance which follows. no, my friends, linux is not better that windows, windows is not better than linux... it just comes down to the simple question "Is it the right tool for the job?"