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Since installing the free version of Zone Alarm a week ago I've supposebly stopped 15,000 somethings from entering or exiting my computer

Sounds good on the surface but the internet speed hasn't change 1 iota
and occasioanlly its stopped me posting replies on this forum(a good thing I hear you smart asses saying) for whatever reason

So is it all a big con.I mean if you have an up to date anti-virus,a decent popup blocker and a search and destroy spyware program what purpose is there in having a firewall.

For the record I'm on a 56k dial-up,anti-norton virus and run adaware & spybot.

So maybe firewalls are more relevant to Broadband than dial-up?

cheers
B....OZ

When I was using Zone Alarm, I was up to 30,000 blocks, but I think it's only the high priority ones you have to watch out for---roughly about one fifteenth. A good firewall is pretty essential, I'd say---especially as I've known of people who have had their stuff hacked into by lowlife scum.

If you select RUN from the start menu and type in MSCONFIG
and then go to startup-far right you can actually untick the programs that slow your startup down....I've got about 16 of which only 2 are needed to startup

Its what I have done...you can always click on a program later on

Much better IMO

The only purpose i can see firewalls having for us dinosaurs on dialup is stopping adware/spyware from sending back surfing details

cheers
B....OZ