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Odd bug with ZoneAlarm?

Mel

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I've been messing around with a freeware packet sniffer and I'd noticed zonealarm was contacting zonelabs even though it is set to notify me first & not check for upgrades.

I temporarily turned down the security level last night - problem now fixed seems it was blocking itself from registering correctly <img src="graemlins/laugh.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh]" />

[ 03-04-2002: Message edited by: Mel ]</p>
 
I use Zone Alarm Pro, nice piece of software! It does have some quirks though... It must register itself, as you found out.. Also if you are using XP or ME (Windoze) there will be odd occurences when you cannot get DNS info from your ISP... Also continuous notification of a new network on log in to your ISP. This does seem to settle down after a while..

Great software, especially if you team it up with AdSubtract!
 
Since 'discovering' this bug in zonealarm 2.6 I've come across claims that zonealarm is spyware by others who have also noticed it kept contacting zonelabs & didn't bother to investigate further- Talk about paranoia. :rolleyes:

I am absolutely certain that it isn't and after I coaxed it into registering properly, it hasn't happened again.
 
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