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    ZoneAlarm issues

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Sumers, Aug 9, 2006.

  1. Sumers

    Sumers Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone tried the ZoneAlarm internet security suite??? I've downloaded it for trial , after ditching Norton and McAfee - the latter seeming to slow down things too much or get annoying. Despite various ediors choice in reviews (including in Laptop magazine), I've found that the ZoneAlarm suite is even slower than McAfee - the privacy module, which includes ad-blocking etc. - renders web pages useless or very slowly (I'm using Firefox) Anyone have experience with it? What's your choice for the least intrusive anti-viral/firewall set up? Current rig: T60 1.5 ram, 7200/100GB, ATI 1400, 14" sxga. BTW, totally love the machine, and returned the famous 15 inch flexview T60 for it.
     
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  2. jujube

    jujube Notebook Deity

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    A couple of quick questions:

    1. Did you fully uninstall McAfee/Norton? Sometimes even when you think you did it's still may have processes running in the back that's causing your system performance issue. I know Norton is notorious for that.

    2. Do you have concurrent firewall set up? Like Msft's? That may affect your performance as well.
     
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  3. NuntiusLuminis

    NuntiusLuminis Notebook Evangelist

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    ZoneAlarm is completely incompatible with my Sony Vaio SZ.
    Caused me 22 Blue Screens of Death before I figured out it was the culprit.
    Slows down my powerful desktop at startup too.
     
    NuntiusLuminis, Aug 9, 2006
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  4. Sumers

    Sumers Notebook Enthusiast

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    I uninstalled both Norton and McAfee, including cleaning registry. I've disable the windows firewall as well. After disabling the privacy module, it still seems a bit slow. The firewell settings cannot be set to High (which they recomment), or pages virtually will not load. On the medium settings, things function similar or slower than McAfee.
     
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  5. ramian

    ramian Notebook Consultant

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    If ZoneAlarm is causing you problems, you may want to check out Comodo Firewall, which is/was being discussed in the Software forums.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=64771

    It certainly looks promising. I'm actually considering ditching my subscription for Outpost for Comodo.
     
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  6. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I personally use NetVeda's SafetyNet. It seems have less issues than the others.
     
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  7. SkiBunny

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    I love zoneAlarm and have no such issues... have you tried the cracked version? :D

    Sorry i cannot be of further help :eek:


    ___________________________

    Just A Girl
     
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  8. ZaZ

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    There is a free version.
     
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  9. ramian

    ramian Notebook Consultant

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    The free version of Zone Alarm is highly crippled. For free offerings, Comodo seems to be a better choice.
     
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  10. NuntiusLuminis

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    Kerio Personal Firewall is absolutely fantastic.
    It blocks absolutely all spyware and makes all page ads disappear (literally).
     
    NuntiusLuminis, Aug 10, 2006
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  11. soulesschild

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    i have no problems with ZA AV pro
     
    soulesschild, Aug 10, 2006
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