Zone Alarm Slows Down PC

Mr.Orb · 29 Jul 2006 at 00:05

I have re-installed Zone Alarm after a format and now the PC takes ages to start up, it gets to the Welcome screen and hangs for about 20 secs. I have uninstalled ZA and everything works fine!?!? I have tried the latest version of ZA and an older version and I am still getting the same problem. Does anyone have a fix?

Thanks!

daven1986 · 29 Jul 2006 at 00:10

dont use it...
just use windows firewall.

daven

Mindriot · 29 Jul 2006 at 08:14

Thats why i uninstalled it and use the windows one

Perfectly safe if you have a router with hardware firewall as well

hp7909 · 29 Jul 2006 at 08:21

Mindriot said:
Thats why i uninstalled it and use the windows one

Perfectly safe if you have a router with hardware firewall as well

Agree with him! Win Firewall use only with router

Priapus · 29 Jul 2006 at 08:29

Zone Alarm is utter rubbish. Uninstall it now, and just use the built in Windows Firewall.

Mr.Orb · 29 Jul 2006 at 10:30

Ice On Fire said:
Zone Alarm is utter rubbish. Uninstall it now, and just use the built in Windows Firewall.

Thats what I have done, does anyone know if my router (Linksys BEFSR41) has a firewall built into it?

img · 29 Jul 2006 at 10:47

yes it is a NAT device so that provides you with great protection. If you want to stop programs going out on top of that kerio is recommeneded over ZA usually.

Personally i use a router and leave the windows firewall on anyway. Antivirus and anti spyware are more important as well as patching your box

daveydave · 29 Jul 2006 at 14:14

ZA bashin?!?! y i love my zonealarm and it boots fast and fine :confused:

Mr.Orb · 29 Jul 2006 at 20:18

david.n.c said:
ZA bashin?!?! y i love my zonealarm and it boots fast and fine

I have never had a problem with it up till now. Oh well...

LoadsaMoney · 29 Jul 2006 at 20:49

david.n.c said:
ZA bashin?!?! y i love my zonealarm and it boots fast and fine

Same here, been using it for years without probs.

Xinn · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:16

Stopped using zone alarm becuase it gave me "connection interupt" (lag spikes) all the time when playing CoD2 online.

Steve Watford · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:30

Kasperspy lieks to give me lag spikes too! Yeah! High five!

Anyway, Windows Live OneCare is pritty decent and it uses minimal resources and doesn't do the dam lag spikes i get, usually ~0-1% cpu usage when not scanning, and ~10MB when idle. When scanning its obviously higher, but who games while they scan anyway? Also, i liek the build in tune up wizard. Cleans your drive, Defrags, Scans, Updates, Updates using Microsoft Update then reboots and your done. Nice and tidy.