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 raydog1Feel SecurePremium
join:2003-07-10
La Vergne, TN | Here's a kick in the pants. . . Two nights ago, there was an update to Snapstream Media's Beyond TV3. For those who don't know, this is an application that essentially gives your computer Tivo-like capabilities, allowing you to record tv shows on your pc, use time-shifting, etc.
This was a major update and those of us in the BTV3 community have been waiting a long time for some of the new features offered by this update. Even better it was free to those of us who purchase the previous version.
One of the new features is an enhanced error-reporting capability. I know this because I saw it in action the moment after installation. A little yellow triangle with an exclamation appeared in the task tray. After clicking on it, I get a window that says something like,
"Beyond TV3 installation has detected vsmon.exe. This may be a component of the Zonealarm firewall. There have been memory leaks reported with this firewall while Beyond TV3 is running. We recommend using the Windows XP firewall."
It's incompatibilities like this that turn people away from firewalls. Kerio had similar problems with Nero's InCD. I've installed ZA on friends' PCs or recommended them. Most of the time, they get uninstalled very quickly because they can be very annoying to the average user. Especially when they start getting errors or the BSOD when there is a conflict with another application.
Face it. If you're a member of this forum, then you probably have a software firewall or you're knowledgable enough to manage without one. But, the average user is rarely going to use one. Most people don't even use an up-to-date antivirus app.  | |
 jdmurrayPremium
join:2001-03-02
Huntington Beach, CA
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| Does ZA still have memory leak problems? It seems like I've been hearing this for years. I don't use ZA because its user interface isn't nearly as useful as those of Kerio and Sygate.
Also, I don't think a memory leak problem causes incompatibility; instead, it causes instability, which Snapstream Media's product may be incorrectly blamed as causing. | |
 BUGZILLA 57don't get uranus ablazePremium
join:2004-06-10
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said by raydog1:
I've installed ZA on friends' PCs or recommended them. Most of the time, they get uninstalled very quickly because they can be very annoying to the average user. Especially when they start getting errors or the BSOD when there is a conflict with another application.
Face it. If you're a member of this forum, then you probably have a software firewall or you're knowledgable enough to manage without one. But, the average user is rarely going to use one. Most people don't even use an up-to-date antivirus app.
I've set up firewalls, tea timers, etc. for friends who were plagued with dialers, malware, or just bogged down with bad cookies. In a week they are begging me to turn it off because of the alerts.
It's like our old high school ag teacher Titus Ballsac used to tell us about horticulture. "Ya' can lead a hor'ta culture, boys, but ya' can't make her think."
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Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral, or fattening. -Murphy's Law- | |
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