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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: Dark Blade on April 17, 2007, 03:27:55 AM

Title: Zone Alarm
Post by: Dark Blade on April 17, 2007, 03:27:55 AM

Does anyone have ZoneAlarm installed on their computer (the newest update)? I had it on mine, and my internet kept stuffing up. But as soon as I shut it down, the internet went back to normal. Did anyone else have this problem?

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Raptor on April 17, 2007, 04:20:14 AM

Haven't used ZoneAlarm for ages ever since they released an update that caused some Windows 98 machines to stop from shutting down...

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Dark Blade on April 17, 2007, 04:24:18 AM

It's still got bugs, it seems. It stops my internet.

Anyway, I didn't hear about ZoneAlarm until I found it installed on my 2nd hand PC. It sucks, really.

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Raptor on April 17, 2007, 04:26:29 AM

Yes, they did something to it to make it horrible.  :(

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: CBMatt on April 17, 2007, 06:32:42 AM

If you want to use ZoneAlarm, 6.1.744 (http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1043_zl/zaSuiteSetup_61_744_000_en.exe) was the last stable version.  Everything since then has been buggy and problematic.

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Calum on April 17, 2007, 11:19:21 AM

I did use ZoneAlarm for a while and had no problems.
I then was persuaded to switch to Sygate, which I thoroughly recommend.
Honestly, you don't realise how buggy and invasive and bloated ZA is until you try something else.

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Raptor on April 17, 2007, 01:46:34 PM

Sygate is too outdated and therefore unreliable in my book..

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: patio on April 17, 2007, 04:16:04 PM

Jetico for me.

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Dark Blade on April 18, 2007, 12:13:01 AM

Right now, I'm not bothering with a firewall until I find a good one. And ZoneAlarm didn't really do anything for me, except tell me that I'm logging onto MSN...

ZoneAlarm is useless, in my opinion

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Raptor on April 18, 2007, 06:27:09 AM

You're not bothering with a firewall until you find a good one? By then it'll be too late.. lol..

Windows XP firewall + hardware firewall, good enough for the average user.

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Dark Blade on April 19, 2007, 12:26:57 AM

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You're not bothering with a firewall until you find a good one? By then it'll be too late.. lol..

Windows XP firewall + hardware firewall, good enough for the average user.

I'll take my chances, and then see how long until my computer crashes.... lol.

What's a good free firewall then?

Title: Re: Zone Alarm
Post by: Raptor on April 19, 2007, 06:06:47 AM

Windows XP Firewall.

There are no free hardware firewalls, ofcourse.