Tell me how to protect my computer

[The_Ace]

XP's inbuilt firewall for certain.

Why ? or rather how can a 3rd party firewall slow down XP ?
Is there any studies that proves one or the other ?

 

[Anusha]

Why ? or rather how can a 3rd party firewall slow down XP ?
Is there any studies that proves one or the other ?

3rd party firewalls are too bulky (also because they offer more features, which you may or may not use) so they will use somewhat higher PC resources. Don't know about studies, just common sense.

Anyway, I have used Zone Alarm, and it slowed down the network speed (i.e. internet) significantly. But this is the previous version. Dunno if they have fixed those issues.

 

[The_Ace]

3rd party firewalls are too bulky (also because they offer more features, which you may or may not use) so they will use somewhat higher PC resources. Don't know about studies, just common sense.

The resources requirement of firewall software shouldnt slow the whole OS. That was my point. And ZA never slowed down the W2K/XP boxes I tried it with.

Anyway, I have used Zone Alarm, and it slowed down the network speed (i.e. internet) significantly. But this is the previous version. Dunno if they have fixed those issues.

Umm.. When XP's inbuit firewall is enabled and configured it worked almost the same as zone alarm and as both did a certain amount of packet filtering, that slowed the network. Cant say ZA slowed it more than XP's own firewall.
That's my experience with XP & ZA.

 

[Anusha]

The resources requirement of firewall software shouldnt slow the whole OS. That was my point. And ZA never slowed down the W2K/XP boxes I tried it with.


Umm.. When XP's inbuit firewall is enabled and configured it worked almost the same as zone alarm and as both did a certain amount of packet filtering, that slowed the network. Cant say ZA slowed it more than XP's own firewall.
That's my experience with XP & ZA.

It can slow down the OS if you are running low of RAM ne? Such as 256MB installed RAM etc. Anyway, it's not noticeable on most systems nowadays.

But I can't help it. It slowed down browsing. I mean, there was a delay in page loading - a couple of seconds. I was on dialup those days.

 

[djthiwa]

Put Some Good Oil......

 

[Anusha]

Put Some Good Oil......

Into what?

 

[The_Ace]

Into what?

kuppi lampuwataka da ?

 

[Anusha]

kuppi lampuwataka da ?

Someone's gone crazy

 

[The_Ace]

Someone's gone crazy

he he he

 

[djthiwa]

to CPU

 

[Anusha]

to CPU

Oh, I thought like this

 

[The_Ace]

HOLY S*** !!!

 

[djthiwa]

Ha

U Got it..!Like That......

 

[Anusha]

HOLY S*** !!!

And it's working. No short circuiting ne?

 

[Anusha]

U Got it..!Like That......

Cool

 

[Tyronne]

Nawala cupbord eke dala lock karala wateta dum allanda? Ethakota hari.

 

[Tyronne]

Nawla pettiyaka dala wateta dum allanda.

 

[lasanka]

heheh nawala! hehehe

 

[zCexVe]

to CPU

engine 1k kiyala hithuvada?

 

[zCexVe]

Oh, I thought like this

this is gr8.But oil is cost.using water is good but the short cicuitin is da prob.