Re: Me too (ZoneAlarm), and I used it for years, but.....

i love zone alarm; i use the paid pro version.

but it takes some time to educate it--usually a few hours will do it because it needs to understand your work flow. after the first noisy few hours working online, you should be very secure and somewhat alert-free.

it is my understanding from what others have told me that it doesn't play well with norton, but neither do most apps & os's.

let me know if you want some specific help with it.

there are a few tricks to use with certain app's, and it can take some trial and error effort. for example, accessing an ftp server that lies within an ms exchange network requires that you lower some of your security settings temporarily. in that case you have to remember to put them back up when you finish your ftp session, especially if you are browsing some dubious biz opp junk.

about 14 months ago i got a keylogger installed on my machine as i was buying airline tickets and registering a domain name at the same time. because of some odd serendipity i discovered the problem within 15 minutes. so i installed za and contacted amex to get the new fraudulent charges reversed, and my identity wasn't stolen.

soooooo, now if i don't say it can get through--either up or down--it don't get through. i need that sort of control over my network.

again, if anyone wants help with the pro version, i might be able to help you. i am very happy with it.

renee

> I installed it, uninstalled it, and reinstalled it on my laptop several
> times, and I was rarely able to get on the net without shutting it
> down!! I had all my program permissions set properly and once in a
> great while I could do it, but I almost always had to shut it down, so I
> finally gave up.

> I was really disappointed.

> Luv,