Re: Zone Alarm Pro flashing in taskbar

From: Mimic (b33yatch_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/16/04

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    "Louise" <none@nospam.com> wrote in message
    news:MPG.1b105c00d91dd1b09896bb@news.newsguy.com...

    > Hi,
    >
    > I wanted to thank you for recommending Sygate 5.5. It works quickly,
    > unobtrusively, and...you can hide the taskbar icon from view should it
    > become distracting - but it isn't nearly as distracting as Zone Alarm to
    > begin with.
    >
    > The program works very smoothly and doesn't appear to eat resources.
    >
    > Note this is after I downloaed and installed the newer Norton Personal
    > Firewall which reulted in my system booting in 11 minutes (not
    > exaggerating), rather than its usual 3 minutes :-) I guess I'm real
    > tired of Norton's bloatware.
    >
    > I'm considering upgrading to Sygate Pro since they provide periodic
    > updates. Have you done that and do you think it's a good idea?
    >
    > Thanks again.
    >
    > Louise
    >
    >

    Norton is bloatware-tastic, on top of windows it just munches resources
    for England, I dont run any norton products anymore cuz it just slows stuff
    down too much. 

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