Ad-aware SE build 1.05

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:00:30 +1000, JC wrote:

> The hardware firewall only lists dropped packets at its input which is useful to
> see what is trying to spam me etc but no good for through traffic. The
> firewall installed with XP SP2 is also operating - I had that logging for 3-4
> weeks while I looked at what it did but it also didn't log through traffic in
> any useful way.

I doubt that your hardware firewall (is this a router?) will stop or alert
you to outgoing traffic, the inbuilt one in XP certainly won't.

Have you tried another software firewall, in addition to your existing
defences, such as Kerio (my preference), Sygate or Zonealarm? All have free
versions and all, as far as I'm aware, will produce logs if you tell them
to. A quick Google will locate current sources for all of them.

Also, if you haven't already done so, try installing and running Spybot
Search & Destroy, after making sure you have downloaded the latest
definitions (2004-09-30). Remove anything in its report marked with a red
alert.

Good luck,

Cheers,

Roy

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:19:11 +0100, Roy <q.5.RoyDent.TakeThisOut@spamgourmet.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:00:30 +1000, JC wrote:
>
> > The hardware firewall only lists dropped packets at its input which is useful to
> > see what is trying to spam me etc but no good for through traffic. The
> > firewall installed with XP SP2 is also operating - I had that logging for 3-4
> > weeks while I looked at what it did but it also didn't log through traffic in
> > any useful way.
>
> I doubt that your hardware firewall (is this a router?) will stop or alert
> you to outgoing traffic, the inbuilt one in XP certainly won't.
>
> Have you tried another software firewall, in addition to your existing
> defences, such as Kerio (my preference), Sygate or Zonealarm? All have free
> versions and all, as far as I'm aware, will produce logs if you tell them
> to. A quick Google will locate current sources for all of them.
>
> Also, if you haven't already done so, try installing and running Spybot
> Search & Destroy, after making sure you have downloaded the latest
> definitions (2004-09-30). Remove anything in its report marked with a red
> alert.
>
Hi Roy

The hardware firewall is both a router and a firewall.

I had considered installing a 2nd software firewall in parallel with the SP2
firewall but figured that this would be likely to cause problems - for instance
which one has precedence.

I have run full scans by NAV, Ad-Aware SE and Spybot, all up to date, and they
have never reported anything suspicious other than tracking cookies (Ad-Aware)
and the DSO exploit (Spybot).

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Cheers . . . JC