If you're looking for opinions; neither. Do yourself a favor and stay away from ZA. Among its issues, a major one being you can no longer run scandisk on XP. That alone is reason to avoid it.....if you value your data and stability.
I can't vouch for the latest Norton versions personally, but I do know it has numerous issues as well. Sygate uses MUCH less RAM and resources than either, it's MUCH less intrusive, and MUCH more simpler to setup and maintain. No, it's never good to use two software firewalls at once (other than the XP firewall of which you should also have active). Best thing for you to do is get a router. This is a MUST for DSL for at least two reasons. For one, get one with a hardware firewall built in and this will give you an extra added layer of hardware protection. Two, you never have to logon, it's "always on" like cable, and it's faster than not using a router. A decent hardware router and a software firewall like Sygate is your best bet. All of these "most popular mainstream well-known name-brand" firewalls have too many issues. Outpost is another good one, but it can be pretty complicated to setup. No, when your PC is off, it's OFF. Your HD is not spinning so it's impossible to get in to it or out of it. The exception would be if you have all of your wake up options enabled, which you shouldn't. In a case like that, it's theoretically possible if you have WOL enabled for example, a "packet" sent to your IP could wake up your PC. At any rate even if that could happen, you'd still have your router firewall and your software firewall to protect you. Also be sure to turn off any file and printer sharing, and disable Network Neighbor browsing by anyone. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Browning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I presently have a dialup connection to the internet. Next week will be installing DSL and I thought it prudent to order Norton Internet Security which has a firewall function. I also have ZoneAlarm Pro and want to know if they will work together and if there would be any advantage using both? If not which one would you turn off? I also run Ad-Awhere 6 plus and Spybot and I have Windows XP pro for my OS. Am I correct in that when my computer is turned off I am still open to various h*cker type problems with DSL? Thanks Larry K & L Electronics ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
