Re: Zonealarm wouldn't start on startup
From: TaurArian [MVP] (taurarianREMOVECAPS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/23/05
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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:52:08 +1000
Zone Labs User Forum
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs
Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by third-party software
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827315
Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot
Perhaps an online security/virus check
Symantec
http://security.norton.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
Trend Micro House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Panda ActiveScan;
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
McAfee FreeScan:
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
Kaspersky Labs On-line Virus Checker:
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
BitDefender Online Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
<esage@nyx.net> wrote in message
news:1130020481.991983.63090@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Running XP, and just installed several dozen updates including SP2. (A
> year-old machine I acquired which had not been connected to the
> internet recently.)
>
> I had installed the latest version of the free ZA before I did the
> updates. I had ZA configured in its own menu to load on startup. Before
> the upgrades its icon used to appear in the tray by the clock on
> startup, but now it would not. It was not running and I had to start it
> manually. Not good.
>
> I uninstalled and re-installed ZA to no effect.
>
> However, I noticed that on startup, not only did ZA not load, but an
> Explorer window with C:\Program Files\Zone.com (games) came up, which
> did not occur during the period ZA was uninstalled (or before SP2 and
> the earlier updates). Since they both start with "Zone", I thought that
> was too much of a coincidence, so I renamed Zone.com GZone.com and the
> problem disappeared. ZA now loads on startup and its icon appears in
> the tray.
>
> Any idea why XP SP2 would behave like that?
>
> ES
>
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