[Coco] Firewall Alerts

[Alan Jones]

PaulH96636 at aol.com wrote:
> I've been on AOL for many years.  AOL seems to have a great spam  blocker 
> built into v9.0SE
> as I get less than a dozen spams per week.  I know this sounds like a  plug, 
> but that's the
> way it is, (with Verizon DSL too).
>  
> Still haven't received any replies regarding an experience using dial-up  and 
> getting dozens of
> firewall alerts reporting remote computers trying to access my  computer.  
> Guess no one else
> has gotten the same result.
>  
> -ph
>
>   
Paul,
I have gotten those alerts before even when I was using dial up. I quit 
using dialup about two years ago. I used to us ZoneAlarm firewall and it 
would tell me when someone else was trying to access my computer. I 
didn't worry about it because ZoneAlarm locked them out. But it was 
amazing to see how many times I was getting "probed." :)
I use Symantec Client Firewall now and it works very well.

Alan