i am downloading zone alarm 5.5 firewall and im new to computer how do i set this thing up so im protected ,an
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I hear Zone Alarm is ok, but I rather just have McAfee firewall and virus protection.\n\nAt any rate, just follow the instruction when setting it up. When in doubt, go for the defaults. As you restart your computer, Zone Alarm's fire wall will be asking you if you want this program or that program to access the internett (for example Internet Explorer). Select what your sure of and the rest you can deny access (you can always change it later if you find out that an application needs to go online to get infomation)
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Turn on windoes xp firewall start setting control panel then click on icon windoes firewall and turn it on if you have any other fire wall turn it on to. like zone alarm
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uninstall norton firewall, use zonealarm. is free, does the same stuff, and you can customize what gets through.
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If you own a computer and you use the internet, yes, you should have your own firewall, and not one from the ISP you use or one that comes with your operating system.  There are plenty of decent free ones, Zone Alarm is one.
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ZoneAlarm is a big one on this but if you don't have it try reinstalling the software and see if it works.  I don't recommend disabling your windows firewall or any other firewall.  Its there to help keep you safe.  You should have had something come up and say the program is trying to access that site.  If not I am not sure what to tell you.
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You probably are hitting a firewall set up by either the person who had it before you, or the administrator. What type of system do you have and how old are you?
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At Zone Alarm Interface > Program Control > Programs > Find the program that you want to be set allowed > Click the Xs on the collumn Access - Internet > Click Allow.\n\nNote change the collumn Access Internet according to the program's need.\nAccess - Trusted: is giving access to your trusted networks list (customizeable in Firewall > Zones)\nAccess - Internet: is giving access to the Internet.\nServer - Trusted: is allowing the program if it can be a server (i.e listen to incoming network) for IPs and domains that is located in the Trusted Zones\nServer - Internet: is allowing the program if it can be a server for listening the Internet, some programs especially chat programs need this to be functional at all.
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modify the firewal's settings if it's on your pc\nif the firewall is on a server you must ask the admin to do that \nBYE
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Get AVG free antivirus- download it install it and run it. Its a good one. Try a combination of three- AVG- antivirus, spybot- anty spy and Zonealarm- as a firewall.\n\nAll three are free and legal.
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I recommend the follwing ,\n1) Install a firewall , get ZoneAlarm Firewall (standalone )\n2) Install spybot search & destroy or spywareblocker
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when was the last time you could logon? Are you getting a specific error message? What's the name of the firewall/ antivirus software you are using on the computer? \n**Not trying to be mean or funny. You would get better answers to you question if you included this info. You can add it in the details. **\nFirewalls usually have rules for programs trying to access the internet. For example here's nortons instructions on how to configure your firewall for programs to access the internet: \nTo edit existing firewall rule sets for Web-enabled programs \nOpen Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall. \nClick Personal Firewall. \nClick Configure. \nOn the Programs tab, select the Network Location that needs to have its automatic rule creation modified in the "Settings for:" drop-down box.\nBy default, this is the Network Location that you are currently using. \nSelect a program rule from the Manual Program Control list. \nUnder the category column for the selected rule, select a category by clicking the drop-down list. \nUnder the Internet Access column for the selected rule, use the drop-down list to select the level of Internet access that you want to assign to the selected program.\nDo one of the following: \nIf you selected "Permit" or "Permit All," or "Block" or "Block All," then you are finished with this document and may skip the remaining sections. \nIf you selected "Custom" or "Manually configure Internet access," then read the following sections for details on how to add, remove, or modify rules in the existing rule set for the selected program. To read one of the following sections, click the icon to the left of the section to either expand ( ) or collapse ( ) it. If you cannot expand a section, then read the document Cannot expand sections in a Symantec Knowledge Base document.\n** go to the help files of your security software and search for how to configure your firewall (if you don't have the time or don't feel up to the job, then I recommend contacting AOL or a local pc tech
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I like Zone Alarm. Its free and gets the job done. One firewall is plenty.You only need one firewall. Check out zone alarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
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Well it depends of what kind of computer you have!!\n\nWINDOWS:\n\nStart-->Settings-->Control Panel-->Firewalls\n\nIf it says ON IN GREEN, then you are protected, if not it will show up as a RED OFF\n\nEnjoy
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get rid of zone alarm, the only place you need a firewall is where your network goes out to the internet, so if you set that up correctly, you shouldn't have any problems with your internal network.    If you don't have a firewall going out of your network, then you are at risk and should go buy a router with a firewall.
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Zone Alarm is the best free firewall.  The only hard part about it is finding the free link on Zonelab's website.  I believe it to be better than Microsoft's firewall.  The reason being is you have more control over it.  Now Microsoft's One Care is the best software for the price.  Generally it is on sell somewhere for $29.99 and you can get a low price guarantee just about anywhere.  One Care is only good for broadband users, people with legal copies of Windows XP, and best bang for the buck can be installed on 3 PC's.  PC-Cillin Security Suite would be my alternative for people without broadband.  I just focused on the firewall aspect of these products and price.  I believe in not spending outrageous amounts of money on PC protection.  All PC protection is only 80% effective no matter what the software people may say.  I would try AVG Free Ant-Virus for viruses and they make an anti-spyware.
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Ive never come across that but may I suggest zone alarm for a firewall and www.clamwin.com or www.grisoft.com ( aka avg free ) for anti virus :)
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Try to install following freewares:\n\n1 AVG to protect from viruses\n2 Spybot to protect you from spyware/adware\n3 Zonealarm as a firewall to protect unwanted access and data transfer from your computer\n\nInstall all above, legal and free.