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<blockquote data-quote="Rl'Halsinor" data-source="post: 2613557" data-attributes="member: 19772">To keep this short I had to reformat my harddrive due to my firewall failing.&nbsp; I was flooded with adware and malware galore in about 10 seconds.&nbsp; I still can't get rid of E2Give.&nbsp; Suffice to say I got a Linksys router to go along with my Norton Anti-virus, Webroot Spy Sweeper, and ZoneAlarm 5.0 Pro.&nbsp; Today I had to shut down down ZoneAlarm and I noticed that I was able to access the internet much faster.&nbsp; In fact, I hadn't been able to log on to these message boards since getting my PC up and running again.&nbsp; I kept getting &quot;This site cannot be posted on from a foreign host.&quot;&nbsp; I thought it was due to my router but it seems Zone Alarm may be be the culprit.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; So with my router, do I still need Zone Alarm or a firewall in general?&nbsp; It sure is a hog and as I said it sure can slow down internet surfing.&nbsp; It also seems to conflict with other PC utilities or it doesn't remember all the time what you give access to and the ones you deny. Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rl'Halsinor, post: 2613557, member: 19772"] To keep this short I had to reformat my harddrive due to my firewall failing. I was flooded with adware and malware galore in about 10 seconds. I still can't get rid of E2Give. Suffice to say I got a Linksys router to go along with my Norton Anti-virus, Webroot Spy Sweeper, and ZoneAlarm 5.0 Pro. Today I had to shut down down ZoneAlarm and I noticed that I was able to access the internet much faster. In fact, I hadn't been able to log on to these message boards since getting my PC up and running again. I kept getting "This site cannot be posted on from a foreign host." I thought it was due to my router but it seems Zone Alarm may be be the culprit. So with my router, do I still need Zone Alarm or a firewall in general? It sure is a hog and as I said it sure can slow down internet surfing. It also seems to conflict with other PC utilities or it doesn't remember all the time what you give access to and the ones you deny. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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