[AT] OT virus warning

[David Bruce]

Charlie,
One thing I do is deny the access until I know I need it.  If the need 
is real (to me) then I'll have ZA remember to allow.  BTW I have a long 
list of programs that want to connect but I block (many are Microsoft 
programs - I'm sorry but I don't see the need of Windows Explorer 
automatically having internet access).
I'm with you, using the program names I would always be lost.
David
NW NC

charlie hill wrote:
> Mike,  In my case it wasn't a matter of the router getting slow it was just 
> slower than being hardwired to the modem.  I couldn't run things like 
> streaming audio or video on the router.  I decided I'd rather be tied to the 
> wall and have the extra speed so I disconnected it.
>
> Zone Alarm does a great job of controlling what gets in and out.  The 
> problem comes with actually trying to figure out what some of these programs 
> that want to access the Internet are.  As David said, everything from your 
> mouse and printers to, in my case, some of my business software constantly 
> want access to the web.  The programs names that show up on the Zone Alarm 
> list often are not familiar to me.  Sometimes I try searching for them 
> online.  I still can't always figure them out  and when I can I'm often not 
> sure if it's something I can block access to without causing a problem. 
> Believe me,  when I have only a few minutes to get a very big file 
> transmitted in PDF format, I don't want to start trying to remember what I 
> turned off or limited access to a week before.
>
> The current list on my Zone Alarm of programs that want access to the 
> Internet numbers into well over 100.  I just don't know where to start or 
> how to sort them out.
>
> Charlie
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