[OT] Attention all Win XP users!

[Psionicist]

I agree. There's a lot to be said in favor of XP, although this is a bit major in terms of security breaches.

Going even further OT, how do you all rate Zone Alarm as a firewall?

Zone Alarm is a pretty decent fire wall for personal use.

You can see for yourself if your firewall is good enought: http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm

You can also try this: https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 , Gibsons server will try to connect to your computer then it will display information about your security. Very useful.

 

[Jarval]

Thanks for the links Psionicist. Turns out that Zone Alarm works rather well

 

[Chun-tzu]

Just thought I'd put in a good word for AtGuard. which is the firewall that I use. As far as I can tell, it's worked great these past few years, and what's even better than security (for me) is that it blocks the vast majority of Internet ad banners (just a blank space on instead) and those annoying pop-up ads. It also passed Leaktest.

 

[hong]

Silly question time: does WinXP SP1 also include Internet Explorer 6 SP1?

 

[Ziggy]

Silly question time: does WinXP SP1 also include Internet Explorer 6 SP1?

Windows update showed them as different updates, so I guess not.

.Ziggy