I have an older zone alarm on my older computer. I had a different one on here - I took it off and am going to put a different one on. It protected me too much and caused too many problems going between users. - even when I disabled parts of it. It was Outpost. Can anyone tell me - the free zone alarm on the old computer is limited - and I thought, only protected me one direction. Is this true? Which of the other free ones protect both directions? Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr. To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: What does one use instead of ZA?l Zone alarm, and other firewalls protect your computer both ways. Some like Zone Alarm gives you the choice as to what programs contact the "outside world" and can be set up to ask your permission first every time it does. Don <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Your router will provide excellent protection from outside sources trying to access your computer. It will NOT protect you from INSIDE sources, such as adware, viruses, worms and other malware, trying to use your computer to access the internet. If anybody suggests that you do not need a software firewall installed, please seek out a second or even third opinion. Don -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk