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stevensr
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join:2001-01-22
Amarillo, TX
1 edit | ZoneAlarm Troubleshooting I've always been a fan of Zone Alarm until recently. For the past 2 or so months I noticed I was constantly timing out to my IRC server (thinking it was my ISP), then recently after I tried the new game Far Cry I was getting disconnected about every 5 minutes.
I remote into linux servers quite often and never seem to lose the connection there, this made me doubt if it was in fact my ISP.
After quite a bit of messing around to eliminate the problem, it was ZoneAlarm causing my time outs with IRC, FarCry, and my Outlook Exchange server.
I've since switched to the Sygate firewall and took some time to configure it as I wanted. Now all is running very smooth again (OL Exchange and IRC up 4+ days now).
Hopefully it'll be fixed by ZA, but if other ZA users are experiencing these problems I hope this post may shed some light.
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jap
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join:2003-08-10
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1 edit | Re: ZoneAlarm Troubleshooting I dropped ZA 3 years ago for, first, Kerio and now Sygate's free offerings. Both are superior, IMO, to anything ZA ever offered. | |
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blah0987
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| Same things happened to me, not just for IRC and games but even all my messengers, which was quite annoying because they would often show me as still connected until I actually tried to message someone and learned that I was offline the entire time. Truthfully I still like ZA's interface and the way it handles new programs the most, but the connection issues are killer. In the end, I also moved to Sygate after trying a couple others out.
I'm willing to bet this AV move is due in part to the press reviews (and the masses that they brainwash), which I've seen multiple times lowering ZA's rating just because they wanted to see a full security program rather than a firewall. | |
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72276539
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join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA
| Zone Alarm sucks, it is buggy... it will block access for no apparent reason if you allowed internet access to an application. Then if you shut down the program you don't shut it down, it still runs in resident memory and you can't get rid of it. Then un-installing is a pain in the ass... just not a good program frankly. I have expieranced problems on 3 different installations, 2 98's and an XP. Never again.
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annony jack
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| Re: ZoneAlarm Troubleshooting Well then in that case... it has to be you and what you are doing. I can think of no other explination, just for the simple fact that I've installed many versions of ZA on many diffrent versions of windows and had no problems.
ZA has been in use on all 3 of my windows computers for the past 4 years. I've only had one problem, it was my mistake for messing with the config too much. ZA is a great program. Too bad some people have problems with it, but it's like that with any program really.
I don't know of any program that everyone can say they had a great time useing and working with. There will always be someone saying "oh this program sucks and you should never use it! They put a button in there that says MESS UP MY COMPUTER and guess what, it really does I hate this program cause it made me feel stupid! grr" | |
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72276539
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join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA
| Re: ZoneAlarm Troubleshooting said by annony jack:
Well then in that case... it has to be you and what you are doing. I can think of no other explination, just for the simple fact that I've installed many versions of ZA on many diffrent versions of windows and had no problems.
ZA has been in use on all 3 of my windows computers for the past 4 years. I've only had one problem, it was my mistake for messing with the config too much. ZA is a great program. Too bad some people have problems with it, but it's like that with any program really.
I don't know of any program that everyone can say they had a great time useing and working with. There will always be someone saying "oh this program sucks and you should never use it! They put a button in there that says MESS UP MY COMPUTER and guess what, it really does I hate this program cause it made me feel stupid! grr"
Quiet troll, i know what I am doing with computers so run along.
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| Frank Grimes
join:2004-02-08
Charlottetown, PE
| I had the same server disconnection and intermittent phantom blocking of applications on my approved list with ZA Free, SReynolds. Then I read about possible exploits with ZA.
Someone on here recommended Sygate Personal Firewall a couple of months ago.
I researched a bit, gave it a try and after some tweeking I have been satisfied ever since. | |
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