Re: Blackice engine stops ?

From: Fred (fredd_at_nana.com)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:52:11 GMT

I also get the red line and was thinking it may in fact be some sort of spy
ware on my computer turning off Blackice ? My other computer win 98se does not
do that and it's the same as this machine ?

Thanks for the input!
Fred

Duane Arnold wrote:

> Fred <fredd@nana.com> wrote in news:40422DA5.75E61F9A@nana.com:
>
> > Everytime I log on to the internet the blackice engine stops a few
> > seconds ? It never did that before. My other computer does not do that.
> >
> > I have an older version 2.9 cai
> >
>
> I have an old Toshiba Pentium II laptop with Win 2k and BlackIce 3.6
> running. For the first time, I noticed that a message that was displayed
> indicating that the *BI Engine was pausing for a moment*, and the red "/"
> appeared for a moment over the icon and went away before the Intenet
> application accessed the Internet.
>
> This also happens on my other machines, but the message doesn't appear and
> the red "/" shows for a moment over the icon as an Internet application
> starts to access the Internet.
>
> What is exactly happening there, I don't know. I have an email that I have
> into ISS Tech Support on another matter, which I'll be posting the response
> from Tech Support. I'll ask them about you question as I am curious as to
> just what is happening when the BI Engine is pausing.
>
> I don't think it's nothing to be concerned about.
>
> Duane :)

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