Comments on: XP SP2 Firewall vs Zone Alarm http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/561/xp_sp2_firewall_zone_alarm/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:01:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/561/xp_sp2_firewall_zone_alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-26991 Anonymous Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:20:00 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-26991 "Why block outbound connections? Software packages send information back to “home-base” all the time. Spyware can collect information and send it back to the author. These are invasions of your privacy that Zone Alarm and most other software firewalls stop." Rubbish! Zone Alarm is spyware! It "phones home" every few minutes, and transmits a variety of your personal data to several companies. This is well-documented. ZA may block OTHER outgoing traffic, but at what cost? “Why block outbound connections? Software packages send information back to “home-base” all the time. Spyware can collect information and send it back to the author. These are invasions of your privacy that Zone Alarm and most other software firewalls stop.”

Rubbish! Zone Alarm is spyware! It “phones home” every few minutes, and transmits a variety of your personal data to several companies. This is well-documented. ZA may block OTHER outgoing traffic, but at what cost?

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