Hi guys.I'm sick of formatting my hdd due to trojans, worms, spyware etc.This time I thought I would make my pc sucurity concious so hopefully I won't have to format again.I have installed avg, adware, spywareblaster, windows firewall and zone alarm.(I also have cw shredder and spybot s&d if I need to use them).The question is...............Am I ok using windows sp2 firewall and zone alarm togethar? ASROCK K7S8X M/B ATHLON 2000+XP@2ghz 384MB DDR 266MHZ GEFORCE4 AGP8X 64MB MAXTOR 4R060L0 60GB H/D LITEON SOHW-1213S DVDRW SAMSUNG SM-332B CDRW/DVD QTEC AND STATICX SILENT COOLERS

Yeah its recommened to use a 3rd party Firewall ~White Hat~

Am I ok using windows sp2 firewall and zone alarm togethar? Read this message posted here yesterday A Debateable Point (of running two FW's simultaneously) then make up your mind :-) i_XpUser

It most likely will not cause any problems at all but if you are using ZA using XP's is kind of pointless. KTTD Life is not fair, people lie and making it is not easy in this world.

Hi Pariah Turn of sp2's firewall immediately. Go to www.sygate.com and down their firewall it's brill. Uninstall Zone Alarm as there may be conflicts, first. Run Adaware,Spybot,SpywareBlaster and CwShredder on a daily basis. Get all new updates on those and continue. Avg is par for the course although I run Norton 04. After that you should be laughing mate. Wolfey On a hot summers night would you offer your throat to the Wolf with the Red Roses?

It’s an unfortunate world we live in…we have run all of these various protection programs…spam filters…anti virus…firewalls… The problem with running all of this stuff is that it slooooows your machine right down. So, If you’re reeeeally serious about protection without speed problems, here’s what you do: First, it all starts with your ISP. These cheap ‘get-a-deal’ ISP’s are garbage. They don’t give a crap what goes in and out of your machine, just so long as they get their ten bucks a month. Get yourself a reputable ISP. My ISP is expensive but they run some pretty sophisticated virus and Trojan filters than are constantly upated. They also run some pretty serious spam and ad filters than I can tailor to my liking. As a result, I would say that 98% of the crap is filtered out at the ISP level so my machine doesn’t even see it… with NO speed lost at all. I been with my ISP for 7 years now, I have never owned or run an anti virus program in that time, and I have yet to have a problem. Second, use 2 firewalls, a software program like outpost or sygate, behind a hardware firewall like the electronic type that are built in to a router. Third, Be smart when surfing the net. Avoid places like Yahoo, MSN… These are hotbeds for viruses and other crap. Forth, be careful when you hand out your personal info. Be aware that when you do something like register a FREEWARE program…your setting yourself up for an on slot of junk mail! In seven years I’ve never had a virus/Trojan and I rarely get junk mail….and I don’t run anti virus or spam programs

"I thought I would make my pc security concious" Err...you make "yourself" security concious Derek.W