Re: zone alarm woes-deluxe games

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"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/support/support.jsp?lid=nav_ss
>> >
>> > There are two different products: ZA free and ZA pro (pay for) for the
>> > home
>> > PC user. There is a new version for both recently posted at there
>> > website.
>> >
>> > Downloading is typically copying a file from a network drive or server.
>> > Evidently you've already downloaded the product install file from the
>> > zonelabs server, and installed that product as you're looking for a ZA
>> > icon
>> > in the system tray that you say typically appears.
>> >
>> > As stated so many times in this newsgroup, windows firewall only works
> on
>> > incoming, not outgoing stuff. ZA and ZA Pro does both. The new ZA Pro
>> > has
>> > a spyware sniffer and eradicator added, along with email protectiong,
>> > phishing detection, ID and privacy protection of the previous product
>> > version. You tell me what's best.
>>
>> I just got a warning 2 days ago saying there was a new version of ZA Pro.
>> Downloaded, installed, and it completely destroyed my ability to access
> the
>> web. Nice! Haven't dealt with the issue yet - I'm just disabling it and
>> doing web stuff in batches. Very odd. In 3 years of using ZA, and getting
>> the updates whenever they're available, I've never seen anything like
> this.
>>
>>
>
> Yep. After casually doing the upgrades as they were made available, this
> was big surprise to me as well. Believe there were problems with many
> users
> when transitioning from 4.xx to 5.xx version of ZA/ZA Pro. I sat out the
> first two updates, then installed when the 3rd 5.xx update was made
> available.
>
> Had the last 5.5.xx version of ZA Pro installed. Opted to upgrade using
> the
> current 6.xx version. My original settings were to notify and ask me for
> anything seeking internet access. Opted to keep my original settings
> during
> the install. After the upgrade install, some apps were gaining internet
> acces without notification. Others simply could not access the internet
> including IE and NAV update. Never was there a ZA notification of app
> attempting internet access. ZA showed no changes in the settings after
> the
> install. Found if I turned Program Control off in ZA, all could access
> the
> internet. But, this left me setting just like the Windows Firewall.
> Blocked in stuff, anything can go out. A clean install seems to have
> fixed
> everything. The prevous uninstall of ZA leaves the license key in the
> registry, so you don't have to reinput it.
>
>

By "clean install", you mean uninstall and then reinstall (rather than
upgrade)? That did the trick? Incidentally, one thing I see being blocked
(which wasn't before) is svchost.exe. I'm wondering.....


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