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Originally posted by pgs92109
do you have cable modems or other internet access such that you are always online and succeptible to hacking?
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yes, i have an cable modem.
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Could you elaborate on this? By not responding, isn't ZA protecting you?.. By not responding, isn't one of the benefits of ZA that the hacker doesn't know you are there, whereas when Windows tells the hacker to 'go away' the hacker knows there is a port or computer there and can keep trying to hack in?
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if they've found your ip address on a p2p (for example), then they can be pretty sure you are there, and unresponsive ports just indicate that you're using zonealarm (you're fooling no-one with this 'stealth' thing). what's more, if you're running
anything on any port, including p2p programs, instant messengers and so on, then a port scan will find the open port (which zonealarm has allowed to be opened) and indicate that there is a computer there.
when you say 'keep trying to hack in'.. what do you think they're going to do? unless a program that is listening on one of your ports is either vulnerable to an attack such as a buffer overflow (which are usually fixed quickly, if you have the latest versions of programs, and are hard to exploit anyway, plus zonealarm again offers no protection from this), or you're running a trojan (in which case you more than likely accepted a file from a dodgy friend or an email, antivirus software provides far more reliable protection against this).
you are not vulnerable to hacking if you do not run zonealarm.