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Internet and ZoneAlarm

Jun 6, 2005 11:04PM PDT

I recently downloaded the basic firewall, ZoneAlarm and everything was working fine until yesterday, and again today - I could not log on to the Internet. When I shut ZoneAlarm down, I was able to connect immediately. I have not changed any of the default settings since installing ZoneAlarm, so why would it interfere with my Internet access? Any advice of recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!

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The version matters
Jun 7, 2005 2:04AM PDT

Version 5.0 is known to cause problems where 4.5 does not

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Zone Alarm
Jun 10, 2005 11:07AM PDT

I have version 5.5 and i haven't had any troubles. Maybe give that a try, good luck.

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Just don't use firewall...
Jun 10, 2005 1:32PM PDT

I say just don't use any firewall...

Let's face it, firewall is supposed to interfere with internet traffic. Ones that doesn't do this doesn't work. Ones that does this cause problems. I've never used any kind of firewall, and nothing ever happened to my computer for the past several years.

I'm involved inanime fansubing, and often distribute copies via bittorrent. So at any given time, dozens of ports are open, with literally thousands of active connections. This makes it impossible for any kind of firewalls to operate. But lucky, I don't need it. Latest security updates and a moderate antivirus does the job. Coporate America plants fear in the public so you would buy their firewalls.

Seriously, viruses are blocked by antivirus and security updates. The truely new and well built ones that hijack existing ocnnections can bypass firewalls anyway. Hackers don't hack at your computer all day. These losers have better things to do. The world does not revolve around you. The whole internet is not out to get you. Drop the firewall already... -_-

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timeout lock
Jun 12, 2005 2:50AM PDT

I recently changed the auto-lock setting on the program control page to on, and now ZL continues to block access when I dis engage the internet lock. I havben't been able to resolve this except to restart ZL.

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Just FYI.
Jun 12, 2005 5:19AM PDT

Zonelabs has a support area. Try it.