Re: Need firewall protection, but have to LiveUpdate w/o firewall. What to do?

I use Zone Alarm Pro and have no problem w/Live Update. But I set it to
where I have to approve every connection.
jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: [PCTECH] Need firewall protection,but have to LiveUpdate w/o
firewall. What to do?


> In kind of a Catch-22 situation here.  I have remembered Tom's words of
> wisdom (below).  I already have Norton's Internet Security 2003 that I was
> intending to use as my software firewall, but, after a successfull
> installation, the thing failed out of the box and online support suggests
> the Klez virus as the first possibility.  Which I have high doubts on
since
> the only source of the installs has been branded CD-ROMs (Win98SE, Windows
> Security Update Feb 2004, Norton Internet Security 2003) and this PC has
not
> been connected to the internet since before the new hard drive was
> installed, and FDISK'd, and formatted (using the Maxtor diskette).
>
> As far as I know, this is about as clean an install environment as I can
> get.
>
> The other possibilities suggested by Symantec include a suggestion to run
> LiveUpdate to fix another known problem, hence the catch-22 of going
online
> w/o an active firewall.
>
> I should also note here that I am also using a Gigafast firewall/router.
> Would this be sufficient protection to be able to run LiveUpdate so I can
> get Norton's firewall up & running?
>
> tia,
> db
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Tom Liotta
> > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 5:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] HANG time...
> >
> > daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Once it's initially up and running do a
> > > Windows Update first thing before you start
> > > loading software and setting things up.
> >
> > This is the only point of disagreement I have. Load something like
> > ZoneAlarm _before_ connecting to the Internet. I made the mistake ONCE.
> > AVG reported Klez almost as soon as I got it loaded and running later.
> > Protect first, THEN update.
> >
> > Tom Liotta
>
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