Re: Zone Alarm Pro 6.1 excessive memory usage?
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Re: Zone Alarm Pro 6.1 excessive memory usage?

From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net>
Date: Wed Dec 14 2005 - 16:55:06 CET

David Ellis wrote:
> Volker Birk wrote:
>> Solution: remove Zone Alarm and enable the Windows-Firewall.
>
> Volker, without outbound control, a program can send the computer's
> files and tables any time to any destination without permission.

It can do that anyway by tunneling the connection, even if you try to
control outbound connections. Run malware on your box and you're toast.
Period.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/10imlaws.mspx

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59cobalt

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Received on Fri Dec 23 20:07:42 2005