Re: Which free Zone Alarm (4 or 5) uses less power?
From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 01/01/05
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Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 08:17:54 -0700
The choice also depends on what it is that you do
on the machine. For example, I had a full license
of the Pro version of these on one of my client XPs
from 4.0 onward, but found I had to uninstall it when
the changes of 5.0 came along as it interferred with
use of the machine as web development client with
local IIS.
-- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "Jane P" <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in message news:1104583648.5d1071c8bc61812fe349cefbe0362f51@teranews... > Which version of free Zone Alarm should I go for if I am concerned > about losing too much PC power to running the firewall? > > I don't expect to need any Zone Alarm feature (mail checking, etc) > except the main firewall feature. > > I hope someone here can advise. Thank you. > > jane > > --------------- > > Here are some background details .... > > I have used only ever used FREE firewalls. I used to use Zone Alarm > when it was version 2 and 3 but I found it sucked up too much power > on my rather basic PC (700 MHz with 768 MB). > > Back then I replaced Zone Alarm with Kerio 2.1.5 but over time I > found Kerio's reporting to be a bit too basic so I went over to the > free version of Sygate. I like Sygate. > > Somehow Sygate has got all tangled up in my XP Pro's registry and > System Internal's RegMon shows Sygate is probably slowing down other > processes on the PC, notably Win Explorer. > > In order to sort this out, I removed Sygate and I enable XP's own > rudimentary firewall. > > I might have installed Free Agnitum Outpost or Free Kerio 5 but they > have had some unenthusiastic reviews. > > So I am now thinking of installing the free version of Zone Alarm 4 > or 5 but I am concerned about making my PC too slow. I will image > the whole system as a backup before I do this. > > As I said earlier, I don't expect to need any Zone Alarm feature > (mail checking, etc) except the main firewall feature. > > Which version of Zone Alarm (version 4 or 5) should I go for if I am > concerned about losing too much PC power to running the firewall? > > ==========================================
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