hi all:)
i just got new pc p4 3.0 1000ram win xp
i instaled avast and have ez firewall which is about to expire.
ps:i surf the net nad download some music sometimes with limewire. here and there.
thanks
Hello Smajser,
nice going with those specs. Enjoy your box.
Yes you do need software firewall if no hardware one.
Free ones:
AntiSpywares free:
-Lavasoft Adaware
-Spybot Search and Destroy
-Ewido Free
-SpywareBlaster
-SpywareGuard
-A Squared
…
have fun trying these out, lots of combinations possible.
brgds Mack
A firewall is essential, avast has Network Shield but this isn’t a firewall:
Network Shield. It protects the computer from the attacks of Internet worms (e.g. Blaster, Sasser, etc.)
Zone Alarm free http://www.zonelabs.com works fine with avast (as it doesn’t have the Privacy feature that causes problems for web shield) and has a reasonably friendly user interface. There are others, Comodo, Jetico, Sunbelt Kerio, etc.
See some firewall tests for comparison, some are freeware but many are paid for versions http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.php. Also see http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/firewalls.shtml
Any malware that manages to get past your defences will have free reign to connect to the internet to either download more of the same, pass your personal data (user names, passwords, keylogger retrieved data, etc.) or open a backdoor to your computer, so outbound protection is essential.
Hi Smajser :
All the best security will NOT help if you continue to use
the trojan-infested Limewire; best to switch to the safer
and cleaner Shareaza at www.shareaza.com .
You should read the "discussion" about Limewire at :
www.castlecops.com/postlite153185-limewire.html .
Almost anything is better then LimeWire now, it has gotten really bad and I went to Shareaza and Shareaza is a huge improvement.
I always thought it was NOT safe to download any programs with any p2p programs?
I have not used limewire with many months in my computer.
Used it only to download mp3 music (admittedly all not legal, lol)
But it to have a rootkit? Maybe the later version.
I did run recently F-secure’s blacklight and it did not found any.
Should I now reformat my PC, cause limewire is installed in it ???
I recommend ZoneAlarm Freeware for anyone doesn’t know much about computers & firewalls. My #1 recommendation is Jetico Personal Firewall. It is a full free firewall, not a free version of a pay for firewall with some features disabled. It takes a little effort & patience to configure & use. Here is a good website to learn what to allow & what not to allow. http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ I think everyone will benefit from it even if they don’t use Jetico. Jetico is very lite on system resources.
For free anti-spyware I recommend:
-Lavasoft Ad-Aware
-Spybot Search and Destroy
-Ewido Free
-SpywareBlaster
-SpywareGuard (even though not updated since 2004, it does a good job & no conflicts)
-Windows Defender
-Winpatrol
Without hesitation I whole heartedly recommend avast! anti-virus. It is time for me to renew my updating license. All the time I’ve used avast! my computer has been excellently protected. Everyone that has taken my recommendations has a clean computer. A co-worker said avast! Home Edition removed a multitude of viruses that his isp (cable) provided anti-virus couldn’t or wouldn’t remove. He can’t believe free software can be so good.
hey thanks alot guys/girls (can not tell:)
but this is cool. so much info in one day. so cool
ill let you know which i picked
GoSolid
Glad we could help, welcome to the forums.
hey guys how dose this look?
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 Internet Explorer 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 15 140278 267572
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 335 858 0.0.0.0 1225 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 850 1773 0.0.0.0 1221 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 272 8291 0.0.0.0 1219 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 329 710 0.0.0.0 1216 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 329 930 0.0.0.0 1215 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 328 540 0.0.0.0 1211 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 329 2013 0.0.0.0 1212 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 1237 2031 0.0.0.0 1209 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 542 1218 0.0.0.0 1207 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 1095 10108 0.0.0.0 1205 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 1107 5183 0.0.0.0 1203 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 801 5639 0.0.0.0 1201 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 outbound connect 2354 5407 0.0.0.0 1199 127.0.0.1 12080
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2256 listen datagram 468 468 127.0.0.1 1040 0.0.0.0 0
C:\Program Files\Jetico\Jetico Personal Firewall\fwsrv.exe 2240 Firewall Server 1.0.1.61 Jetico, Inc. 1 0 0
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe 2340 MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 Microsoft Corporation 2 0 0
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe 2340 listen datagram 0 0 127.0.0.1 1038 0.0.0.0 0
C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE 2328 Windows Messenger 4.7.3001 Microsoft Corporation 1 0 0
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE 1628 Windows Explorer 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 1 0 0
C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe 968 Application Layer Gateway Service 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 1 0 0
C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe 968 listen 0 0 127.0.0.1 1026 0.0.0.0 0
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe 444 avast! e-Mail Scanner Service 4, 7, 844, 0 ALWIL Software 4 0 0
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe 444 listen 0 0 127.0.0.1 12119 0.0.0.0 0
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe 444 listen 0 0 127.0.0.1 12143 0.0.0.0 0
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe 444 listen 0 0 127.0.0.1 12025 0.0.0.0 0
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe 444 listen 0 0 127.0.0.1 12110 0.0.0.0 0
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 avast! Web Scanner 4, 7, 844, 0 ALWIL Software 14 774557 344649
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 outbound connect 335 808 0.0.0.0 1226 217.11.134.26 80
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 inbound connect 858 335 127.0.0.1 12080 127.0.0.1 1225
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 outbound connect 850 1430 0.0.0.0 1222 216.239.63.99 80
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 inbound connect 2466 850 127.0.0.1 12080 127.0.0.1 1221
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 outbound connect 272 3599 0.0.0.0 1220 65.75.168.113 80
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 inbound connect 19571 272 127.0.0.1 12080 127.0.0.1 1219
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 outbound connect 329 710 0.0.0.0 1218 212.244.78.51 80
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 outbound connect 329 930 0.0.0.0 1217 212.244.78.51 80
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 inbound connect 710 329 127.0.0.1 12080 127.0.0.1 1216
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 outbound connect 328 540 0.0.0.0 1213 212.244.78.51 80
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 inbound connect 930 329 127.0.0.1 12080 127.0.0.1 1215
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 outbound connect 329 1452 0.0.0.0 1214 212.244.78.51 80
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 inbound connect 540 328 127.0.0.1 12080 127.0.0.1 1211
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe 512 inbound connect 4313 329 127.0.0.1 12080 127.0.0.1 1212
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe 1376 avast! antivirus service 4, 7, 844, 0 1 0 0
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe 568 Windows NT Logon Application 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 1 0 0
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C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe 996 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 4 1429 6530
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe 900 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 3 689 1077
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe 836 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 2 0 0
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe 624 LSA Shell (Export Version) 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft Corporation 4 0 0
System 4 9 3070 3070
Sorry just thought good idea for u guys to chek this out. Lots of those sistem32 apps trying to get on net or whatever. i had to let some on. good decision?
on my xp i have me as administarator:) but also more users as just users. the jetico firewall dosnot show as working when loged on as user. i cant c it in the tray but kan c it in the start menu but cant open it. i am woried if the firewall is on at all when this users are loged on. where do i go to make sistem wide changes on xp when i want to installsistem wide?
and also what about the xp firewall do i turn it off?
TA
Hi smajser, http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31 is a good place to read and ask about the jetico firewall. There is a person there that goes by “Stem” that is the jetico guru and is very helpful in answering questions about this firewall.
Hope this helps.
Hi smajser 
if you have another firewall besides the windows firewall-turn it off(just a incoming firewall anyway) 8)
for true security-you need a firewall that has both incoming and outgoing protection :
hope this helped in someway…
have a good one avast!world :