Re: Does OneCare need ZoneAlarm?

Uninstall ZoneAlarm if you are running OneCare.
Having two firewalls may cause conflicts and other issues.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"cloud36" wrote:

| After removing completetly McAffee (annoying reminder pop-ups) and reduced
| Spysweeper to only scan once a week otherwise shut off, OneCare and ZoneAlarm
| are my loyal gate keepers.
| But I noticed that almost at the same time OneCare firewall pop-up informs
| me about a program accessing the web, also ZoneAlarm pop-up appears.
| => Would anyone recommend to keep both programs?
.

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