[Ham-Computers] Which Firewall?

[JV]

         I am using Zone Alarm on four computers here and have not had the 
first problem. Does the problem only occur when the program is removed? 
Operating systems are three using 98se and one (laptop) with ME.
JV

At 02:09 AM 12-07-02 +0000, you wrote:
> > Based on My experience, stay away from Zone Alarm. While functional, it
> > destroys your system if you try to uninstall it.
>
>I can vouch for that.  A couple years back I installed it on my machine AND
>a friends machine (isn't that what friends are for 8^) and it trashed both
>of them.  I tried to remove it as I was very unhappy with it and ended up
>having to format both mine and his drives and start a complete re-load from
>scratch.  That was what prompted me to buy "Drive Copy" and install a 2nd
>hdd on my computer for complete backup.  That has saved my butt more than
>once.  (As Duane says, I like to tinker).
>
>73 de Phil  KO6BB