Re: Zonealarm slowing down Internet Explorer

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From: Zebedee (abuse_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:56:36 +0100

Zone Alarm is a piece of trash. Throw it away. Use XP's own firewall
instead. There really is no need to use a separate firewall. XP's firewall
stops the bad guys from getting in. A decent antivirus will kill all
Trojans. Extra firewalls are redundant. 

-- 
Yours
Zebedee
(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
"Joseph Meehan" <sligojoeS_PAM_2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:V3cac.129$bQ3.103@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Graham Nash wrote:
> > I have free copy of Zonealarm(trial) running on Dell Lattitude.  No
> > problem when it is turned off but when I turn it on there are some
> > delays before the page is loaded.  I have DSL 768k and it is fast
> > without ZA.  Sometimes when I am loading pages, it takes 5-10 seconds
> > for some pages to load, without ZA, BOOM.  I have never had any
> > problems with my other laptop.  I am using XP latest updates.
> >
> > Please help
> >
> > Tx
>
>     You might try un installing and re-installing ZA.  I have never
noticed
> any slow down.
>
> -- 
> Joseph E. Meehan
>
> 26 + 6 = 1  It's Irish Math
>
>
>

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