Re: Zone Alarm tvdebug.log and Norton

From: phoenix (phoenix_at_fakeaddress.invalid)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:25:30 GMT

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:40:35 GMT, Fred wrote:

> Lately I've had a problem with the hard disk acting like it is at capacity.
> I say appearing because I can't copy a 100KB file to the hard drive which
> has 300MB free. This is a recent problem - I have not set anything to stop
> filling up the disk past this point.
>
> I installed ZoneAlarm in June.... the plot thickens...
>
> After archiving enough files to get some elbow room, I started looking
> around to see what was building up and the Norton fingers seem to point to a
> ZoneAlarm file, tvdebug.log. The file itself is only a few KB but from what
> I read, it allocates space for something or other (sorry for the technical
> talk).
>
> I first went to google then to zone alarms user forums but nothing addresses
> the question directly -- if I delete it will my computer spiral into weeks
> of pain and re-installing programs or will I be in Fat City.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Fred

First of all the tvdebug.log file is a diagnostic file that Zonelabs /may/
ask you to send them if you report a problem. If it does grow you can
simply shutdown ZA and delete the tvdebug.log file.

When you say 'Norton fingers....' do you mean that you're running the
Norton firewall? Do you also mean that Norton is somehow giving you
information that tvdebug.log is causing you problems? If so, what problems
is it showing?

If you are running Norton firewall *and* ZA then you really shouldn't do
that, one firewall is enough and running two may cause you conflicts.
Neither of those bendors recommends running their firewall with another
product.

Regards

Bill

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