[lexington minuteman 1775]

Freeper Techie question: I have Norton Internet security which contains a firewall can i also install zonelab firewall or that ad spy stuff without conflict? I am on DSL service which is kinda finicky on firewalls. Any help would be appreciated.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I don't know the answer but I would suspect they are going to conflict!

I need to know the answer because I will be using norton Professional on my new machine when I get it going! Would prefer to stay with Zonelab for windows XP Pro.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Wish I could help you, I don't know, although I did find this link to ZoneAlarm help which discourages more than one firewall.

[NerdDad]

Haven't tried running 2 software firewalls together. I'm running Netgear hardware firewall and Norton software firewall. This config makes Norton's firewall kinda lonely. I run both because I prefer Norton's content filtering.

I do suspect 2 software firewalls will conflict if you have both running. Norton has a way to disable each part of its suite. That is, you can run the AntiVirus but have Firewall turned off. That would be the safest bet if you plan to run Zone's firewall. PestPatrol seems unaffected by Norton. I run all of Norton's stuff except ad blocker on my supervisor profile and all of it on the wife and kids separate profiles. Then I add PestPatrol for overkill on trojans. All these programs including PestPatrol have Updaters be sure to run them regularly. PestPatrol doesn't have an automatic and you should not rely on the automatics for Norton. Let the automatic run, but also run the live update manually every week. Little known tidbit here--Norton's automatic update is for virus protection only. If you are running the Internet Security suite, you need to run live update manually to get fixes for any of their other products.

I guess it would help to explain why I do all this. As a techie, I'm constantly being asked by family and people at work to "fix" their personal machines. I generally yank their HD and hook it to my machine so I can scan and fix. The added protection comes in handy when dealing with other folks' suspect drives.