Re: ZoneAlarm

["Robert P. McKenzie" <rmckenzi () rpmdp com>]

mcfadd3565 () student faytechcc edu wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to stop zone alarm from checking every process that is running on my PC. I'm getting a lot of 
> popups tell me this program or that program is trying to connect to the Internet.

That is basically the idea of Zonealarm.  It's a firewall and it's trying to protect your system by telling you what
process is trying to get to the Internet.  You should authorized the applications you know 100% are legit and that you
"trust".  Anything else should be examined and if you don't know what they are remove them from your system.

Would you mind providing a list of some such programs and ports they are trying to use?

I would suggest you run things like:

        Spybot Search and Destroy
        http://www.safer-networking.org/

        Adaware
        http://www.lavasoft.com/

        HiJackThis
        http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Those should sort out most of the nasties that are likely running on your system.  I will ofcourse you have a decent and
updated anti-virus installed (what person wiht an Internet connected machine wouldn't these days).



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