PC-Cillin 2003 Firewall
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Name: peregrine
Date: July 11, 2003 at 08:57:35 Pacific
Subject: PC-Cillin 2003 FirewallOS: Win XP Home SP1CPU/Ram: AMD Athalon XP 2000 / 256 |
Comment: Just got VAIO FR130. Came with PC-cillin 2002. It has a firewall, I have it enabled and have the XP firewall enabled. Tested using Shields-Up and it tested "total stealth" same as my desktop with AVG and zone alarm. Just wanted an opinion as to whether I am safe or missing something. Thanks for any input.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Lesley
Date: July 11, 2003 at 09:42:16 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)
peregrine
Don't have more than one Firewall or AV Program Running at the same time I have Pc-Cillin - I like it because it is unobtrusive - 'small' and is so easy to use People will probably tell you that other Firewalls are better - this is because PC-Cillin is not 'rule-based' as are the 'bigger' ones - but at least you can 'see' what's happening which is more than you can with the XP one As regards the AV part of it - that works well - as well as the others I think - it has 'caught' many Viruses for me If you want to use Zone Alarm then Disable the Pc-cillin one as well as the XP one Lesley
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Response Number 2
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Name: efabes
Date: July 11, 2003 at 13:12:06 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)As a general rule, it is best to have only one firewall. The PC-Cillin firewall does not block outgoing traffic. It only examines incoming traffic and stops the connection when it detects suspicious activity. If you pick up a trojan or spyware, it will not alert you to outgoing traffic. I use the PC-Cillin firewall together with Sygate and have not had a problem. PC-Cillin has alerted me to a few netbios scans that got past Sygate.
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Response Number 4
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Name: efabes
Date: July 11, 2003 at 14:42:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)No, it is usually not ok to run two firewalls. But Pc cillin is an AV program with a firewall feature. It scans the connection for incoming viruses and also stops the connection if any suspicious scanning activity is detected. It also masks the ip address for stealth browsing. I read many pc cillin reviews before I started using it. One review recommended using an additional firewall because otherwise there is no control over outbound connections. My pc-cillin works fine with zone alarm (on an old pc i dont really care about) and with sygate (on my good pc). I have not had any problems with either setup. PC Cillin shipped with my motherboard, video card and dvd writer, so I have 3 copies. You usually do not get such a good, full-featured program for free so easily!
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