"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in
news:vaLuf.9535$ka.917@tornado.socal.rr.com:

> I am using Win XP SP2 and continually have trouble with Zone Alarm Pro.
> The folks at Zone Alarm are not very helpful, either. I would like to
> replace Zone Alarm.
>
> For a new Firewall, I would like to use the Windows XP firewall.
> However, I will miss the anti-ad features of Zone Alarm. Are there any
> other programs, preferably free, that prevent banner ads and other
> flashy ads?

Avant Browser <www.avantbrowser.com>. It's an IE shell with tabbed browsing,
ad blocker, flash blocker, popup blocker and a whole lot more.