ZoneAlarm crashes - which firewall should I switch to?

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Date: 11/02/02 

Date: 02 Nov 2002 16:02:49 +0200

I recently got a nice new game. However, it seems to be highly incompatible
with my ZoneAlarm (3.1.395, free version). The game crashes (either resets
the entire computer or just sends me back to Windows), and my Event Viewer
(in the Control panel Administrative tools) would suggest that these crashes
are caused by four or five True Vector Engine errors occurring within a
couple of seconds. I studied the history of my Event Viewer and noticed that
there have been some True Vector Engine errors in the past, but they haven't
crashed the computer.

Now, I don't like this at all, but I like the game. So I'm thinking of
changing my firewall program, especially because a lot of people seem to
be having problems with ZA. The question is: which one should I switch to?
According to what I read on the net, Agnitum Outpost seems good enough.
What do you experts think? I'd like to try a free version first.

Does anyone have a clue why ZA crashes with this particular game? It's a
soccer game which uses pretty intensive graphics, but I don't see how
that would be incompatible with True Vector Engine. (ACtually, I don't
know what TVE does, exactly.)

Thanks in advance.

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