A password problem about Zone Alarm.. really need help!

Are you able to uninstall ZA? If yoy can, then I would a re-install.

Hm... what am I doing here? Giving Zone Alarm support? Please read the FAQ yourself, Moron!

BTW: did you know, that you don't need Zone Alarm at all? ;-)

Yours, VB.

If he is able to uninstall Zone Alarm without the password, he should know enough about Windows and security systems, that he knows, he better should not use a "Personal Firewall".

Yours, VB.

Gee, a firewall poster with a flame attached. I am glad you never lost a PW in your life and I for one think an outgoing monitor is handy.

BTJMO

When I'll do, be sure first I will read the FAQ.

Yes. And useless.

Yours, VB.

Each time I install something I am informed of exactly what app wants to connect to what location on the net. I can allow or deny. PFWs also allow configuration of installations regarding connectivity. If not for PFWs then I see no way of telling as FAST. Maybe you have no use for this but I bet many others do. I will take your point as you yourself not needing one and finding them useless.

No, that's not true.

Each time you're installing something, which lets you control it, you're informed. Each time, you're installing something, which does not want to be controlled, you're not informed.

No "Personal Firewall" can control software you're installing, if this software does not want to be controlled.

So you just have the illusion, that you're in control.

It's only an illusion, because especially those things have to be controlled, which don't want to be controlled.

You may have other usage for "Personal Firewalls" than for security purposes. This I will not discuss here. This is a security group. Here I will reference security without explicitely telling you.

BTW: this is, what providers of "Personal Firewalls" are selling: the illusion to be in control. They're selling dreams.

Yours, VB.

I don't see how this is a security group if it says firewalls then it is firewalls regardless if security or other things are included.

I still don't see you as making any sense. I don't set any warning other than my PFW telling me if any part of what I am installing wants to monitor my keystrokes. If I have a keylogger or spyware how do you tell other than running a scan which takes longer than a pop-up.

Have a look on the _name_ of the group, please.

This is technically not possible to do realiably. For example, there are hardware keyloggers. If we're talking about software keyloggers, I personally would implement them in kernel space. There they cannot be controlled by any software program, which is running on the same machine by concept.

So if you're installing software on Microsoft Windows, then usually you have to do this with administrative rights. And then your "Personal Firewall" loses anyway, if in doubt.

I already showed, how easy it is to communicate ignoring "outbound control" of "Personal Firewalls". Exactly _not_ _a_ _single_ "Personal Firewall" managed to prevent this. You can find my PoCs for this topic, if you're searching in this group.

Yours, VB.

The name of this group is comp.SECURITY.firewalls for a reason.

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