Re: Which free Zone Alarm (4 or 5) uses less power?
From: Christo (chris_at_juststuffd.co.uk)
Date: 01/06/05
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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:41:04 -0000
"Jane P" <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
i have read that zonealarm 4 is probably better, seen as how isreali's took
over the company that produce ZA and later releases may allow isreali mossad
nerds looking at your info etc etc
i read it on this NG i think.... besides that i am running ZA 4.5 and it is
fine i have ran 5 but can see no real difference between speed and CPU
utlization. I have used sygate in the past but i do prefer ZoneAlarm it has
an east to use GUI and a few neat features.
Go for 4.5 it is older but that doesn't mean its obselete, 5.xx well its as
good as 4.5 and is probably a bit better, but i prefer to have piece of mind
which i do with 4.5
HTH
chris
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