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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Norton 360 didn't agree with me either, the backup side of it - there is a norton uninstaller on their web site....
I still use NIS - that's okay ....
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I'm pleased NIS works for you.
Personally, I still use an older product: Sygate Personal Firewall. Symantec bought them and killed it, but the last freeware version is still available from various repositories.
It gets knocked for failing "leak tests", but those tests all assume yhou will be compromised by something that will attempt to disable or bypass your firewall and phone home, and test the ability of the product to resist it. I find it easier to just not get compromised, so I'm not concerned, and SPF has the best interface I've seen in a firewall.
I used to run Zone Alarm when my net connection was a DSL line. I got a cable modem, but kept the DSL line as a high speed backup. Having two network interfaces appeared to mightily confuse ZA, and it reached a point where I couldn't mail from either account. SPF Just Worked with no problems, so I switched.
ZA got subsequent knocks for becoming bloated and buggy. It appears to be better these days, but I've felt no need to switch.
I have layered defenses: there's a hardware firewall enabled in my router, SPF on my desktop, SO's laptop, and my notebook (when booted into Windows), and since it doesn't conflict with anything, I left Windows firewall enabled. (Windows Firewall does fine blocking inbound connections. What it lacks is the ability to control outbound traffic.)
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Dennis