Need to replace ZAM Free

[gorblimey]

Thank youse all for your input... I feel like a prize idiot. My first line,

My current setup is VoodooShield + WD for every-day protection

should--of course--be

My current setup is VoodooShield + WF for every-day protection

I have this sig which I use in a couple of forums:
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a bloke crook, broke and stupid."
Which I have been doing far too often lately.

Windows Firewall is there to stop any malware from phoning home, which seems to comprehensively wreck their days.

I do hope that both MBAM and ZAM are indeed a pointless exercise. It means that safe online practices have worked. I use them both because they seem to have different coverage.

If Zemana is cloud-sourcing its definitions, that's OK. I don't like their update/upgrade method. I'll take a dekko at EEK. I don't mind FPs, they seem to be a price you have to pay, and you should be able to make a list of exclusions. I just don't want that list to be very long.

 

[LDogg]

Yeah I deffo would get rid of Zemana.

~LDOogg

 

[Handsome Recluse]

But, but.. they are security tools! I need them all to protect my computer, what are you saying! Internet is very dangereous place!

Yes. The internet will eat you.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Windows Firewall is there to stop any malware from phoning home

Sadly it doesn't... WF is only about inbound connections.

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

Windows Firewall does allow outbound connections but you can set it up to block them or use WFC to do it.
Block all outbound traffic in Windows Firewall - gHacks Tech News