Charles770
join:2004-11-08
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Re: Privacy in the new ZoneAlarm 5.5
said by SUMware  :Noticed the following line added to my 98SE autoexec.bat file after current ZAF install: Set tvdumpflags=10 Anyone else see it or know what it's about?
Here is an answer from the Zone Labs User Forum ( »forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/boar···id=25044 ),
about the new line:
This is a parameter for ZA to write out logs if a problem occurs.
Its something that support sometimes requests for issues.
Its a value you should NOT modify or remove.
But it seems that this line is added only with the free version of ZA.
So, why?
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SUMware
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1 edit | Good find Charles.
This confirms that ZAF is compiling performance data log submissions for support. This is not in itself suspicious... But why not inform the user?
Questions: When and how (and with user approval?) does support receive this data and what exactly does it contain? And why can't we disable the reg entry if we choose to? Whould this compromise ZAF performance? If we've supposedly been provided the option to opt out of this reporting why then is this active entry in the registry?
We'd like additional info from ZA, please. |
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said by Charles770 : said by SUMware :Noticed the following line added to my 98SE autoexec.bat file after current ZAF install: Set tvdumpflags=10 But it seems that this line is added only with the free version of ZA. So, why? That seems to be the prevailing factor here Charles: Only the free version does not have the screeny posted earlier by Iggy that allows for opting out. --
Let's get real, real gone! |
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