It isn't any good. While it blocks some inbound probes it does nothing to prevent outbound stuff such as spyware trojans etc. If you want a good firewall check out Outpost Free. It actually compares quite well to Zone Alarm Pro. http://www.agnitum.com David Weaver The other day, I went to a tourist information booth and asked, "Tell me about some of the people who were here last year". -- Steven Wright -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of gratchie Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:03 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- xp firewall anybody here using the preinstalled firewall in xp? is it better than zone alarm or any other commercial firewalls? thanks gratchie 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/ 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/