Re: ZoneAlarm crashes - which firewall should I switch to?

From: RAV (rav@nospamplease.com)
Date: 11/02/02


From: "RAV" <rav@nospamplease.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 09:53:45 -0500

I had ZA Pro and had problems with CPU going to 100% occasionally. I
switched to Outpost and couldn't be happier. The free version of Outpost is
not crippled like ZA free and there is excellent support in their forums if
you need any help. Make sure you uninstall ZA before installing another
firewall.

"Tero Valkonen" <tvalkone@sirppi.helsinki.fi> wrote in message
news:lotadksnk6u.fsf@sirppi.helsinki.fi...
> 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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