If you’re runnin’ ZoneAlarm Pro you will probably have considered that most of de “advanced” settin’s might as well be in Chinese for all de use dey are. User friendly dey are not!
If you are not on a LAN (connected to anoder computer in a network) you can use this guide to give your firewall some real muscle and a new lease of life:
Launch ZoneAlarm Pro and click to highlight de “Firewall” tab on de left hand side . In de pane that appears on de right hand side in de section “Internet Zone Security” set de slider control to “High” Then click de “Custom” button in de same section.
The next settin’s page is divided into two sections with tabs Internet Zone and Trusted Zone at de top of de page. Under de Internet Zone tab dere is a list of settin’s that can be accessed by scrollin’. At de top is de high security settin’s and de only thin’ that should check from dere is “allow broadcast/multicast”. The rest should be unchecked.
Scroll down until you get to de medium security settin’s area. Check all de boxes in this section until you get to “Block Incommin’ UDP Ports”. When you check that you will be asked to supply a list of ports, and in de field at de bottom of de page enter 1-65535
Then go back to de list and check de box alon’side “Block Outgoin’ UDP Ports” and at de bottom of de page enter 1-19, 22-79, 82-7999, 8082-65535
Repeat this proceedure for de followin’ settin’s
“Block Incommin’ TCP Ports”: 1-65535
“Block Outgoin’ TCP Ports”: 1-19, 22-79, 82-7999, 8082-65535
Then click “Apply”, “Ok” at de bottom of de page.
Back in de right hand “Firewall” pane go next to de yellow “Trusted Zone Security” section and set it to “high” with de slider. Click “Custom” and repeat de above proceedure this time choosin’ de Trusted Zone tab at de top of de settin’s page.
These settin’s will stop all incomin’ packets @ports 1-65535 and also block all pin’s, trojans etc… this will also stop all spyware or applications from phonin’ home from your drive without your knowledge!
