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Zone Alarm updates necessary???
Name: Albroun Date: December 19, 2003 at 12:34:49 Pacific OS: Win 98 CPU/Ram: 128MB PII
Comment:
I frequently get messages urging me to update my version of Zone Alarm but am reluctant to do so after problems trying to install one such updated version some time ago. I went back to my trusty (I hope!) 2 year old Zone Alarm and it still passes all Steve Gibson's port probe tests at www.grc.com so I am not sure why all these notices to update it? Perhaps they are more important for Windows XP, I dont know. Any ideas?
Name: tomo Date: December 19, 2003 at 12:47:10 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Albroun. I also receive the update notices with my version of Zone Alarm. I am reluctant too to update because I've read of the many bugs and problems with the update. I'm going to stay with my 3.7.211 version, as I'm quite happy with it. I also pass all of the Steve Gibson stealth tests, so, "if it ain't broke, I ain't gonna fix it"! Hope this helps, have a happy holiday! ~Tommyo
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Response Number 2
Name: capt Date: December 19, 2003 at 13:34:54 Pacific
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If you set the update feature to manual in the "overview area" of Zone Alarm, you will not receive these update reminders.
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Response Number 3
Name: vipergg Date: December 19, 2003 at 17:46:36 Pacific
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Can honestly say haven't had any issues with 4.5 free version . We have version of pro at work at times it will drive the pc cpu to almost 100 % and keep it there and it is caused by zone alarm and is a known problem , as soon as you shutdown ZA the cpu drops back to like 3% .
Summary: When trying to install the most recent Zone Alarm update I keep getting the pop message that True Vector service is not responding and that the installation is incomplete. Looking in the administrativ...
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