ZoneAlarm Free reliability

whizkid25 · 3rd Apr 2006, 10:11 AM

Hello all. I've got a security question here. It's regarding playing online on BattleNet. At home, I've got the streamyx modem hooked up to a router called i-connect AP801 router. I got this free from my uncle who works at the company. Unfortunately, this free router is not really focused on security features i.e. hardware firewall. My point is that everytime I want to host a game, I need to enable an option in the router so that my comp. can receive all connections therefore allowing people to join my game. However, I know by doing that I am giving myself to AIDS. Some people believe the default Windows Firewall is good enough but I doubt so. I've decided to use ZoneAlarm free instead. I'm just wondering whether it would be easy to setup so I could play without having to enable that router option and also whether it is reliable. Thanks in advance.

Adrian Wong · 5th Apr 2006, 07:10 PM

Well, ZoneAlarm is not bad. You should have no trouble setting it up.

3rd Apr 2006, 10:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
whizkid25 Newbie Join Date: 4 Sep 2005 Posts: 8 Reputation: 15 Rep Power: 0	ZoneAlarm Free reliability Hello all. I've got a security question here. It's regarding playing online on BattleNet. At home, I've got the streamyx modem hooked up to a router called i-connect AP801 router. I got this free from my uncle who works at the company. Unfortunately, this free router is not really focused on security features i.e. hardware firewall. My point is that everytime I want to host a game, I need to enable an option in the router so that my comp. can receive all connections therefore allowing people to join my game. However, I know by doing that I am giving myself to AIDS. Some people believe the default Windows Firewall is good enough but I doubt so. I've decided to use ZoneAlarm free instead. I'm just wondering whether it would be easy to setup so I could play without having to enable that router option and also whether it is reliable. Thanks in advance. __________________ Ragde

5th Apr 2006, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
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