On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:28:49 -0800, Sitara Lal wrote:
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> Is it redundant to use a standalone Firewall (e.g. Zone Alarm) on a Vista PC
> in view of its built in "Internet Security'?
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> If you feel that I should install Zone Alarm,[/color]

No, do not proceed with installing ZA!!!
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> should I disable the VISTA security program in any way?[/color]

No, you are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista
in itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.

"Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil.
[url]http://www.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html[/url]

Jesper's Blogs-
At Least This Snake Oil Is Free.
[url]http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx[/url]
Windows Firewall: the best new security feature in Vista?
[url]http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx[/url]

Exploring The Windows Firewall.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/default.aspx[/url]
"If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already
compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you
ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a
gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without
doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why
outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it
doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall."

Vista Firewall Control.
Protects your applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing
activity, controls applications internet access.
[url]http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/[/url]