Firewalls

Hey /comp/, ZoneAlarm's bugs are pissing me off. It contstantly hardlocks up windows anytime Truevecor crashes or I shutdown ZA normally. So I had a copy of SPF laying around, last version before Symantec. What do does anonymous suggest?

By writing a parallel stack and talking directly to the NDIS layer, among many other ways: http://www.vigilantminds.com/files/defeating_windows_personal_firewalls.pdf

I know you guys are a dubious bunch, but be realistic here: an application running as Administrator can do anything, and 99.9% of home users always run as Administrator. This isn't rocket science.