Zonealarm driving me crazy.

Get rid of it and use something else.

Duane :)

Uninstall the crap, you don't need it.

Wolfgang

Since you posted to a firewall group I must assume You mean firewall and not antivirus.

Did you consider using the XP firewall instead?

Zonealarm antivirus includes firewall and antivirus.

Since it is truevector that's giving me problems I decided to ask here.

Thanks.

Something I am considering, however I have paid for this product and I'm interested in seeing if it can be fixed. If it can't, then I will dump it.

Thanks

My understanding is that it is good to have something to keep control of who is "calling home" so to speak.

When the version 6.xx's came out, the startup time for ZA products increased tremendously. I doubt there is anything you can do about this. And the older your PC, the longer it will take. I don't really see what the problem is though, since you boot once and then you're good for hours and/or days, so what's a little delay at boot time anyway? But if it bothers you then you'll probably have to use something else. It's certainly not going to get any better. The ZA folks have been leading all their products down the road to ruin for some time now. All you see in the 6.5 series is more bloat and a lot more bugs and problems reported. It pays to trial software first before buying to make sure there are no issues and it's what you want.

That's not true and as a matter of fact, on the lone machine that I have a PFW solution running on it, a dial-up computer laptop, the App Control or phone home feature is disabled.

I don't use the PFW like a crutch and let it tell me what's happening. I look for myself from time to time with the proper tools, since the PFW with its app control/phone home control can easily be circumvented and defeated.

Duane :)

This is only a common misunderstanding spread by advertizing "security" products.

Yours, VB.