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Re: Beware of hacker bothering CD users
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I'm no computer genious like Matt but I would not recommend Zone Alarm. Causes more trouble than it's worth if you ask me. I've also heard stories of it destroying the Windows XP TCP/IP stack if it is uninstalled improperly.
I've never had a problem like that, but I haven't uninstalled it in a while. My friends also use it without trouble. I'll look in to this and update my post if I find a better solution.

Also, I should note that the builtin Windows Firewall has a not so hot track record, I wouldn't recommend using it alone, or at all. Plus if you have a router, your behind a hardware firewall as well, but (at least in the case of Linksys) it's a friendly helpful one and may unblock ports if it thinks you wanted it to So I would still have a software firewall.
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