how to make Zonalarm open with IE

Sometimes when I browse the web I open IE and forget to open ZoneAlarm and catch myself surfing without a firewall... is ther any way to open ZoneAlarm automatically when I open Internet Explorer?

 

Hmmm.

Sure, write a batch file to do both.

Should be easy enough.

Let me know if you need help.

 

please advise me how to write the batch file and place an icon on the desktop.. thank you very much!

 

Ok...


Its going to go something like this.



cmd.exe /c
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"|"path to executable for zone alarm executable"


Save this to IEZ.bat, or whatever name you want.


Then double click to execute.

The cmd prompt closes when the apps do.

 

What kind of connection do you use?
Why do you shut your firewall down?

 

Like everyone said why are you closing your firewall? If you are running a firewall you got to run it all the time. You are at just as much risk when using IE as you are when not using IE. So running it only while browsing isn't a very good idea.

 

I use DSL but my connection requires a user name and pasword to login , i don't think I am connected all the time.

 

you may as well be connected all the time really, since its DSL, but hey...

 

I tested it and left my computer offline for 3 hours and left zone alarm running. I had 0 Intrusions added to my total in the 3 hours.. I really don't think I need ZoneAlarm running if I am not connected...i still haven't figured out how to make that batch file though.. whenever I run it, it just goes to command prompt and sits there.

 

OK you guys have convinced me to have ZA in my startup, but can you please explian to me how someone could hack my computer if I am not connected to the internet? Yes my DSL uses PPPoA connection so it seems like if I am disconnected from the internet I am safe.. or am I being naive?

 

what is PPPoA?

Do you mean PPPoE?


If you arent connected to the net, you won't be hacked.

 

yeah you won't be hacked but it's better to have it open all the time so when you are connected it is running, then to forget to turn it on and be left open on the net. do you only connect to the internet when you open internet explorer? if you have a DSL connection why don't you just always leave it on?

 

exactly what i was thinking. you might not be able to get hacked while youre not online, but a trojan might try to get out while youre offline (thus it reveals itself).

If you want the speed, then you could probably just shut down ZoneAlarm when you want the speed (e.g. when playing a single player game or somthing like that)

 

Ah ok, not aware of any ISP that uses PPPoA here.

 

does running Zone Alarm in the background while playing games have an effect in performance?