I don't even bother to read my Zone Alarm logs. I have it running silently and I never look at any logs at all. A lot of the "intrusions" are false alarms or more-or-less normal network traffic that just trip the sensors. I DO recommend using a firewall, of course. I've used Zone Alarm for years and I really like it. I just don't pay any attention to the "blocked" stuff. It was blocked. Who cares what it was? ;) As for hacking attempts, an awful lot of those are entirely automatic. Would-be hackers send out spiders and probes that just poke around the ports of any IP they find with activity on it. If they find a vulnerability, they'll report back to the originator. bonni

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