Is WSA + Win 7 FW better or WSA + third party FW? I'm currently using Privatefirewall from privacyware with WSA.
Best Wishes,
Amit
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View originalYou're very Welcome. ;)@ wrote:
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Great Just make sure Windows Firewall is turned back on for full inbound & outbound protection: https://detail.webrootanywhere.com/agenthelp.asp?n=Managing_the_Firewall
TH ;)
Confirmed. Thanks for the check tip!
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Great Just make sure Windows Firewall is turned back on for full inbound & outbound protection: https://detail.webrootanywhere.com/agenthelp.asp?n=Managing_the_Firewall
TH ;)
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I'm now more confident with WSA and Win FW.:)@ wrote:
I had originally obtained and installed both WRAV and ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall... however, after learning more and more about WRAV on these forums, I removed ZoneAlarm from my laptop to keep it running as lightweight as possible. I still have ZoneAlarm on my home PC since I already bought it and could benefit from learning more about it... but if I had to do it all over again, I would just add WRAV and be done!
Great Just make sure Windows Firewall is turned back on for full inbound & outbound protection: https://detail.webrootanywhere.com/agenthelp.asp?n=Managing_the_Firewall@ wrote:
I had originally obtained and installed both WRAV and ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall... however, after learning more and more about WRAV on these forums, I removed ZoneAlarm from my laptop to keep it running as lightweight as possible. I still have ZoneAlarm on my home PC since I already bought it and could benefit from learning more about it... but if I had to do it all over again, I would just add WRAV and be done!
Not good. I would avoid it too until research has had a good look at it.@ wrote:
Yes it is.
@AnorexicHippo wrote:I would guess that an ad that the manufacturer site had was flagged by Webroot. When loading in IE, a different ad was showing which was not flagged.
@DavidP wrote:I was downloading directly from the maker, I never went to cnet, note that the website referenced in the WSA warning is mydati.com, I never went there either. When I closed Firefox and downloaded the software in IE10 everything proceeded normally, no redirects and no warnings from WSA.. So my original question remains, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
I am the same. You can download the software directly from the maker. While CNET has always been a convenient place to find the software you want, and have reviews, I only use it now to check reviews/complaints, etc. I do my actual download direct from the software manufacturer just for the PUA issue.@ wrote:
I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
HTH,
TH
@DavidP wrote:I was downloading directly from the maker, I never went to cnet, note that the website referenced in the WSA warning is mydati.com, I never went there either. When I closed Firefox and downloaded the software in IE10 everything proceeded normally, no redirects and no warnings from WSA.. So my original question remains, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
I am the same. You can download the software directly from the maker. While CNET has always been a convenient place to find the software you want, and have reviews, I only use it now to check reviews/complaints, etc. I do my actual download direct from the software manufacturer just for the PUA issue.@ wrote:
I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
HTH,
TH
@AnorexicHippo wrote:Yes this a known issue with the Web Threat Shield and they will be redesigning the Web Threat Shield in the 2014 products to give us a better experience. Also here is some added info from JimM: http://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Antivirus/Warning-of-malicious-content-just-for-one-moment/m-p/46160#M2160
When I click the link to download hotspot shield I get this from WSA in Firefox:@ wrote:
Amit, Best Buy used to bundle Webroot with Hotspot Shield, but I don't have any personal experience with it myself. Anyone else perhaps?
No problems with IE though, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
Just to make sure things are clear, I don't see the WSA alert when I click Jim's link, I only see it when I click the download link on the website, and only in Firefox.
I am the same. You can download the software directly from the maker. While CNET has always been a convenient place to find the software you want, and have reviews, I only use it now to check reviews/complaints, etc. I do my actual download direct from the software manufacturer just for the PUA issue.@ wrote:
I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
HTH,
TH
@AnorexicHippo wrote:I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
When I click the link to download hotspot shield I get this from WSA in Firefox:@ wrote:
Amit, Best Buy used to bundle Webroot with Hotspot Shield, but I don't have any personal experience with it myself. Anyone else perhaps?
No problems with IE though, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
Just to make sure things are clear, I don't see the WSA alert when I click Jim's link, I only see it when I click the download link on the website, and only in Firefox.
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