Re: Which free Zone Alarm (4 or 5) uses less power?

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 08:17:54 -0700

The choice also depends on what it is that you do
on the machine. For example, I had a full license
of the Pro version of these on one of my client XPs
from 4.0 onward, but found I had to uninstall it when
the changes of 5.0 came along as it interferred with
use of the machine as web development client with
local IIS. 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"Jane P" <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in message
news:1104583648.5d1071c8bc61812fe349cefbe0362f51@teranews...
> Which version of free Zone Alarm should I go for if I am concerned
> about losing too much PC power to running the firewall?
>
> I don't expect to need any Zone Alarm feature (mail checking, etc)
> except the main firewall feature.
>
> I hope someone here can advise. Thank you.
>
> jane
>
> ---------------
>
> Here are some background details ....
>
> I have used only ever used FREE firewalls.  I used to use Zone Alarm
> when it was version 2 and 3 but I found it sucked up too much power
> on my rather basic PC (700 MHz with 768 MB).
>
> Back then I replaced Zone Alarm with Kerio 2.1.5 but over time I
> found Kerio's reporting to be a bit too basic so I went over to the
> free version of Sygate.  I like Sygate.
>
> Somehow Sygate has got all tangled up in my XP Pro's registry and
> System Internal's RegMon shows Sygate is probably slowing down other
> processes on the PC, notably Win Explorer.
>
> In order to sort this out, I removed Sygate and I enable XP's own
> rudimentary firewall.
>
> I might have installed Free Agnitum Outpost or Free Kerio 5 but they
> have had some unenthusiastic reviews.
>
> So I am now thinking of installing the free version of Zone Alarm 4
> or 5 but I am concerned about making my PC too slow.  I will image
> the whole system as a backup before I do this.
>
> As I said earlier, I don't expect to need any Zone Alarm feature
> (mail checking, etc) except the main firewall feature.
>
> Which version of Zone Alarm (version 4 or 5) should I go for if I am
> concerned about losing too much PC power to running the firewall?
>
> ==========================================

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