Zone Alarm

[Hector]

Just installed Zone Alarm Pro 4 (found on KLite) after many a recommendation from this forum. But, whilst it does give me some peace of mind and cuts out annoying popups, I find that it often gives me a really slow internet connection on my broadband and my poor old hard drive can just be heard grinding away in the background, even when my comp is supposedly idle!

Anyone else had this problem??

[fred devliegher]

Occasionally , I can't connect to the server - shutting down zonealarm and then restarting i once I'm connected usually fixes things. Then again , it could just be a coincidence...

[camille]

Don't use it. Make sure you have Ad-aware or Spybot and Antivirus software. You must install pop up blocker. That's normal it slows down your PC.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by camille@16 December 2003 - 22:53
Don't use it.
a software firewall is nigh-on essential if you have a fast connection and don't have a hardware firewall (e.g. router)

[james_bond_rulez]

Originally posted by Hector@16 December 2003 - 10:00
Just installed Zone Alarm Pro 4 (found on KLite) after many a recommendation from this forum. But, whilst it does give me some peace of mind and cuts out annoying popups, I find that it often gives me a really slow internet connection on my broadband and my poor old hard drive can just be heard grinding away in the background, even when my comp is supposedly idle!

Anyone else had this problem??
who told u to get this from kazaa? of course you'll have problems due to file corruptions and unreliable sources, get za from the za website, get the pro version 4.5 then crack it

all of us using za this way have no problems whatsoever. <_<

[Wolfmight]

I use Zone Alarm Pro (latest).. works great
I got a legal license free with my Linksys router.

[james_bond_rulez]

Originally posted by Wolfmight@16 December 2003 - 15:32
I use Zone Alarm Pro (latest).. works great
I got a legal license free with my Linksys router.
good for u :lol:

[DWk]

lol thats a first :lol:

[camille]

I got mine from Klite np.

[N£MO]

Ditch it and get yourself either Agnitum Outpost Pro or Sygate Pro.Both alot better than Zone Alarm IMHO.

[Fukar]

It may be a virus that is causing it or something like Shareza opening a ton of ports and not shutting them. Seems to happen after leaving it on for a while. My ZoneAlarm began using quite a bit of CPU so I had to restart. I did some searching and found this is a common problem but there are no real definite solutions. Do a search using Google for vsmon.exe I will keep testing ZA and Norton but thus far Norton has given me no problems though several claim ZA is easier on your system.