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From: "Steve Hayes" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Slightly off-topic - firewalls
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:17:40 +0200
In-Reply-To: <s164fbc9.069@cs-emo.csir.co.za>


On 7 Oct 2004 at 8:18, Pat Brown wrote:

> Hi all,
> Slightly off topic but still important in allowing us to continue to
> operate on the internet. We are all vulnerable and now we have the
> prospect in the near future of viruses being carried by .jpg files.
> Scary. I have to change the PC protection software I am using and I
> would like to ask opinion, based on personal use, of Kerio, Sygate and
> ZoneAlarm firewalls. These are all freeware, or have a free version.
> Please reply to me direct.

I'm replying to the list because it may be of interest to others.

I've been using Zone Alarm for several years, with the Pegasus Mail reader,
Free Agent Newsreader and Mozilla Browser.

I could not afford to update my Norton Antivirus for a couple of years, and
so did without it.

The combination on Zone Alarm and non-Microsoft software kept me virus free.
I got a new free virus checker (AVG, I think) which has had good reviews, and
it found no viruses after my 2 years without a virus checker.

If you get any file from an unknown source, just don't open it - whether
.jpg, pif, .scr or anything else.

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Steve Hayes
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