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a site for firewall alerts
Name: rocketman1 Date: February 2, 2007 at 15:30:55 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: ? Product: emachine
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Is there a site I could go to that would tell more info about a firewall alert, such as what is it? is it safe? allow or dont allow? etc..
Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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Response Number 5
Name: rocketman1 Date: February 2, 2007 at 16:27:55 Pacific
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Thanks again, but I did the google search, I could not find a site that gives the info I'm looking for. For example: my Comodo firewall pops up with Aolsoftware.exe, (this is an example) what is it, and is it safe or needed? Zone alarm had this feature, and Comodo Pro has this feature, but I don't want to pay for a firewall quite yet.So, is there a site that has all this info?
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Response Number 6
Name: Paul Fahrenbach Date: February 2, 2007 at 16:33:09 Pacific
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www.grc.com
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Response Number 7
Name: Derek Date: February 2, 2007 at 17:41:08 Pacific
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Someone on here might know but as you have had more than one alert I would think your best bet is to go to the Comodo forum:
Name: Derek Date: February 2, 2007 at 17:45:01 Pacific
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.... by putting aolsoftware.exe in Google it appeared to be a legit file.
Just the same I'd check with the above forum because it has been known for viral files to steal valid names. Where the file is located matters so I would check that out before posting your query in this instance.
DerekW
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Response Number 9
Name: Bob (by BigBob) Date: February 3, 2007 at 06:00:32 Pacific
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Rule of thumb is, if you dont know it , dont let it
" If at first you don't succeed, Please Post Back "
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Response Number 10
Name: smifff Date: February 3, 2007 at 11:18:18 Pacific
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Hi Rocketman
Have a look at the links Here under Sites to Check Running Processes & Extensions
If any advice helps, please post back as it might help others.
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Response Number 11
Name: rocketman1 Date: February 5, 2007 at 04:28:38 Pacific
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Thanks everyone for the replies, you people are life savers here on this forum.
SMIFF: Thats pretty much what I'm looking for, it helped out a lot when setting up my firewall. Thanks.
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