The firewall I use (Tiny Personal Firewall) blocks anything outgoing from the machine unless you OK it. So its a bit more of a protection.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: jon hall [mailto:jonhall@;ozline.net] > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Firewall > > > Sigh...this is all Steve Gibson's fault. If your computer gets > infected by a trojan. No firewall makes you safe. It's a pointless > battle. It's an extremely trivial script to use Internet Explorer to > send and receive data, right past ZA or the new Black Ice app > protection. IE is the first thing you let have access to the internet > right?......... > > The most effective defense against trojan's and viruses in general is > to not use Outlook. Outlook/OE is the number one vector for attack > these days by a wide margin. > > -- > jon > mailto:jonhall@;ozline.net > > Friday, November 8, 2002, 1:02:55 PM, you wrote: > HP> The one article I read claimed that Black Ice was > ineffective against > HP> zombies - but it may be dated now... > > HP> Patrick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
