Re: ZoneAlarm has gone bonkers!

From: Fred (frederick_balmers@excite.com)
Date: 04/26/02 

From: "Fred" <frederick_balmers@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:00:44 -0400

If the rules database is comprimised (my ZA does this too sometimes), does
this effect it's ability to protect you as a firewall, especially with
trojans asking for access?

"phoenix" <phoenix@fakeaddress.uk.com> wrote in message
news:55507.o42206@phoenix.winews.net...
> In article <3cc6277b$1_1@omega.dimensional.com>,
> Melissa@NO2SPAMdimensional..com says...
> > I've been using the free version of ZoneAlarm for quite some time (
> > currently 2.6.362 ) but 2 days ago it started going bonkers and asking
me
> > for all kinds of permissions, every single time I start my computer, and
> > each program thereafter. And it's asking about common programs that I
use
> > every time and have already given permission for every time and checked
the
> > remember box, like Netscape and even Windows XP itself. Plus all kinds
of
> > permissions that I have absolutely no idea what they are ( could be
> > spywares? ). So it's making me crazy here and I'm getting tempted just
to
> > uninstall it already.
> >
> > This is happening after Norton Antivirus has coincidentally been
catching
> > and quarantining massive amounts of virus emails over this past week
too.
> >
> > Has everyone been getting these? And could they be related? ( can't
> > imagine how, being NAV has been stopping them )
> >
> >
> Hi
>
> It's a problem with a corrupted rules database. Follow these
> instructions http://www.zonelabs.com/services/support_issues.htm#
> 11issues and that will fix it. You will need to authorise all your
> programs again I'm afraid.
>
> Regards
>
> Bill

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