Problems using Kerios

Hi,

My friend told me that the firewall for XP is crap and got me to install Kerio firewall 2.1.5. I'm also using AVAST anti-virus

Its now throwing up a lot of alert messages which I am uncertain about.

example:

firefox wants to connect to port ...

a975sm.avast.com [74.54.138.226] = ICMP [0] Echo reply ... Someone on address a975sm.avast.com wants to send ICMP packet to your machine.

Usually, what I'd do is to google for the answer, instead I get problems associated with other problems.

I can't seem to locate a Kerio site which tells me how to approve rules. Can someone help?

 

I'd suggest you get rid of Kerio and go back to the XP firewall.

There's no quick-and-easy answer to your question. Kerio 2 is a rules-based firewall, and to understand its alerts you need to understand firewall rules and various other concepts. As for your friend telling you the XP firewall is crap - the question about the validity of his claim aside, the least he could do was to not stuff you with something like Kerio 2.

 

If you are interested in spending the time to learn, here are some places
to start:

http://www.urs2.net/rsj/computing/kerio/index.html

http://www.dslextreme.com/users/surferslim/tpf.html

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8023708