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[Arachno-capitalist]

Fanta, your advice is garbage. I installed zone alarm and now my computer flips its shit when I try to play Alien Swarm. It thinks Alien Swarm is trying to steal my credit card information or give me AIDS. Even when I turn it on "game mode" or "off" it thinks it knows better than me. ZA can eat a dong. 

[fanta]

First off no one with a username of Fanta could possible be giving anything but the most refreshing of advice.

But yeah I dunno maybe Zone Alarm is garbage but if Zone Alarm doesn't work for you then find some other firewall software that does.  My advice about the utility and necessity of an intelligent firewall is pretty good advice I think.

I had an issue with Zone Alarm whereby it popped up a message asking me if I wanted to allow or block some program... and since I was in the middle of typing, whatever key I hit automatically hit one of the buttons in the allow/block dialogue.

So I initiated a chat with Zone Alarm tech support to bitch about that, and the guy was like 'yeah we know about that' and I was like 'then why don't you fix it?' and so he said he'd send it to the programmers.

I wouldn't be surprised if there is better firewall software out there.

[robot_god]

I used ZA on my old Win XP laptop.  Then I got tired of bad laptops and got a mac.

I dunno if it's just cause he came onto me, but this dude is like a pro troll.  I mean, I don't bother with that crap much anymore, but seriously, I don't think there is  better firewall software than ZA, when it comes to Windows.  I really don't care though, all I do is not enter my CC info on Windows, and if my info ever got stolen, I would just cancel it all.  Ya know what, I don't even care if anyone steals my identity, the only things my identity has gotten so far is a handful of chicks breaking up with me so they can date or marry skinny lanky guys.  Go head, motherfuckers take it.  It's your problem now.

[AugustWest]

I used ZA on my old Win XP laptop.  Then I got tired of bad laptops and got a mac.

I dunno if it's just cause he came onto me, but this dude is like a pro troll.  I mean, I don't bother with that crap much anymore, but seriously, I don't think there is  better firewall software than ZA, when it comes to Windows.  I really don't care though, all I do is not enter my CC info on Windows, and if my info ever got stolen, I would just cancel it all.  Ya know what, I don't even care if anyone steals my identity, the only things my identity has gotten so far is a handful of chicks breaking up with me so they can date or marry skinny lanky guys.  Go head, motherfuckers take it.  It's your problem now.

I think you should turn the tables and become an identity thief yourself.  Proactive and all that.

Maybe you could start by stealing Fanta's identity.  He'll just come up with a new one.

[fanta]

agreed Mac OS un*x is a much better OS than Windows... hell Mac OS from the 80's is better that Windows XP. 

I'm not trying to troll anyone, I'm just trying to share some good advice re: zone alarm.

re: stealing your identity... I dunno if you are joking or not **#** G0d.  If not, then, I dunno, to each their own, but someone hacking into your computer is not to be taken lightly.  Beyond stealing your identity, access to your computer can be used to gain access to the computers of your friends, can be used to assist in all manner of attack on someone, from simple identity theft to coordinating a burglary / kidnapping, to dox dropping your docs or those of a friend.  Your computer is an awesome tool for criminals.  By leaving your computer open, you're basically aiding and abetting terrorists, child abusers of the worst sort, ID thieves, etc.  I think that the argument that there are millions of other open computers is a poor excuse for leaving yours open.  A computer is like a loaded gun, and should be treated as such. 

Credit cards... the policies of credit card companies make credit card crime somewhat lucrative.  The credit card companies are willing to tolerate the losses from this crime because the profits from increased ease of use of credit cards more than offsets the losses... for the credit card companies... society as a whole comes out on the loosing end, however, because all of the money gained by the criminal elements results in a more robust criminal industry which harms all of us, not just the credit card industry.

[robot_god]

Word.

[greenkoolayd]

sugar walls, muh' fuckuh.