Alert : ZoneAlarm is a trojan !
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A Perfect Spy? It seems that ZoneAlarm Security Suite has been phoning home, even when told not to. Last fall, InfoWorld Senior Contributing Editor James Borck discovered ZA 6.0 was surreptitiously sending encrypted data back to four different servers, despite disabling all of the suite’s communications options. Zone Labs denied the flaw for nearly two months, then eventually chalked it up to a “bug” in the software -- even though instructions to contact the servers were set out in the program’s XML code. A company spokesmodel says a fix for the flaw will be coming soon and worried users can get around the bug by modifying their Host file settings. However, there’s no truth to the rumor that the NSA used ZoneAlarm to spy on U.S. citizens. http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/13/73792_03OPcringley_1.html
OMG
WTF 
, and I had so much faith in it. Time to look for a new Firewall. Worried if E.T. phoned home too often... somemore don't know what they download form my HD. KNNBCCB.
What I found out later was that ZoneLabs was bought out by Checkpoint, an Israeli company. Remember when the Israeli company that does all the phone company records was caught giving Israeli drug smugglers police phone and page data? That was the incident that blew the lid off the largest spy ring ever uncovered inside the United States, one that was eventually linked to 9-11 itself.
A video download of the spyring
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See What ! KNN, know earlier don't sayOriginally posted by ShutterBug:There.
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heng ar heng ar..
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Free one not affected right?
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Even if you use Symantec or McAfee, also got loopholes. Theirs worse than ZoneAlarm. Unless you use some others.Originally posted by stellazio:heng ar heng ar.. -
i don't use firewall..Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Even if you use Symantec or McAfee, also got loopholes. Theirs worse than ZoneAlarm. Unless you use some others.
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Before using a security software that is lesser known, is best to do a check on it on the internet.
FREE security software are the worst; they don't don't really work, and they are themselves SPYWARE or ADWARE.
A reliable bet is Norton Internet Security 2006. This may take up a bit more system memory, but it sure beats having a spyware/adware in the guise of a Firewall. -
I know McAfee is weak, but NIS2006 is really robust if you know how to configure it's network filters.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Even if you use Symantec or McAfee, also got loopholes. Theirs worse than ZoneAlarm. Unless you use some others. -
Anyway, not all are spyware or adware. Even established security softwares like Symantec got loopholes. Symantec loopholes one of the worst I've seen. Hackers managed to work around it and make the firewall work for them.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Before using a security software that is lesser known, is best to do a check on it on the internet.
FREE security software are the worst; they don't don't really work, and they are themselves SPYWARE or ADWARE.
A reliable bet is Norton Internet Security 2006. This may take up a bit more system memory, but it sure beats having a spyware/adware in the guise of a Firewall. -
McAfee to me average, Symantec used to be excellent, but nowadays, doesn't seem so. Could be due to the popularity of Symantec, that resulted in people wanting to find loopholes in the software. Just like Microsoft. If Linux is popular, I believe the same thing will happen.Originally posted by ShutterBug:I know McAfee is weak, but NIS2006 is really robust if you know how to configure it's network filters. -
I think Linux is already facing a lot of issues due to it's growing popluarity. But if you're using something mainstream and good, you should regularly check for patches and updates just like with Windows. Given that nothing man-made is perfect, checking for vulnerabilities should be a daily affair.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:McAfee to me average, Symantec used to be excellent, but nowadays, doesn't seem so. Could be due to the popularity of Symantec, that resulted in people wanting to find loopholes in the software. Just like Microsoft. If Linux is popular, I believe the same thing will happen.
As for NIS being hacked; I hear a lot of such incidences from people who use the pirated versions of NIS2005/2006. So far, there has been no official reports on NIS flaws. -
What, Symantec paid you?Originally posted by ShutterBug:Before using a security software that is lesser known, is best to do a check on it on the internet.
FREE security software are the worst; they don't don't really work, and they are themselves SPYWARE or ADWARE.
A reliable bet is Norton Internet Security 2006. This may take up a bit more system memory, but it sure beats having a spyware/adware in the guise of a Firewall. Stop posting NIS/Symantec propaganda. It installs more than 6 services which are always running, around 3 useless processes (like NOPDB, Norton Speed Disk. Why is it running when you are not de-fragging?) and 3 required processes all named cc*.exe. Worse still, opening the main Norton window is laggy as your machine is trying to run another process (NMain.exe). Therefore, Norton is a memory hog. No, this bug isn't fixed in NIS/NSW 2006. Tons of memory leaks should keep people like you happy.
NIS2006 does not follow firewall rules. Nor does it actually detect changes made to the files already in the firewall rules, so you can have your EXE hijacked/overwritten and NIS allows it to go to the Internet.Originally posted by ShutterBug:I know McAfee is weak, but NIS2006 is really robust if you know how to configure it's network filters.
There are also many incidents where people do not wish to pay yearly for some crap update. Most antivirii have more than 1 year, some a couple of years or even infinite. If Symantec still try to force customers into paying and give this kind of crap, not only hackers determined to break through this limitation (I saw one crack that enabled your LiveUpdate to think your Update service expires at 2060) and tech-savvy customers will keep away. I am one of them.Originally posted by ShutterBug:I think Linux is already facing a lot of issues due to it's growing popluarity. But if you're using something mainstream and good, you should regularly check for patches and updates just like with Windows. Given that nothing man-made is perfect, checking for vulnerabilities should be a daily affair.
As for NIS being hacked; I hear a lot of such incidences from people who use the pirated versions of NIS2005/2006. So far, there has been no official reports on NIS flaws.
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This post may seem overly harsh, but I just want the world to know everything does not only revolve around Symantec and McAfee. -
I used to have Norton Internet Security 2005.
It was robust, all right - so robust that it ate up a lot of system resources and slowed my computer to a crawl. I was forced to add extra RAM to make up for the speed reduction.
In the end, when my subscription expired I didn't bother to renew it. I just uninstalled it. I then went to download ZoneAlarm Firewall and AVG Antivirus. My computer is a whole lot happier now and is still protected.
I won't deny that Symantec is good - but it's TOO good for my liking. ZoneAlarm and AVG free versions may not seem like a lot of protection. Still, your computer should still be fine so long as you follow basic common sense rules like not visiting *ahem ahem* 'undesirable' websites and opening e-mail attachments from unknown sources. -
XP's Internet Connection Firewall works fine for me in blocking RPC attacks and let me surf without interruption.
But XP really sucks. Once you are on Internet, even if you leave your computer on without doing anything, within 10 minutes, new viruses are already infecting your computer. Distasteful, and install all these AV software will slow your computer and not always work. So I've given up liao. -
go get mac
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dont use la
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Talking about mac, Norton Antivirus on Mac makes the Mac OS more vulnerable online insteadOriginally posted by BizarreRocksD12:go get mac -
agreed. deleted the whole app within a day after figuring out that it does nothing helpful at all!Originally posted by chanff8:Talking about mac, Norton Antivirus on Mac makes the Mac OS more vulnerable online instead -
outpost fire wall pro im using
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Same, to put instructions in XML, shows that it is delibrate. wtfOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Free one not affected right?
I have uninstalled it, and done a secure complete erase in folder. Got a new firewall already. -
Well, after all, it takes one to know one.
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holy shit, i always trusted and loved zone alarm... if this is true, it's so freaking fucked up...
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What about the free version of ZoneAlarm? Or it only works on ZoneAlarm Security Suite?
