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Beware Zone Alarm!

I have had nothing but problems with Zone Alarm. I used ZA on several PCs. All PCs were up to date Win98, chips were different though (Intel and AMD).

If you need firewall protection, a good solution is Watch Guard Firebox SOHO.

The price is reasonable for a small network. Very nice.

I leave the CPUs on and turn the monitors off. Thanks...

I agree: beware Zone Alarm
I have had nightmares when I installed that monster.... I don't wish it on anyone but enemies.... It seemed great for a few days, but then blocked everything in sight and simply killed all uses of my computer. I had to reinstall Windows... then it blocked my ISP (Roadrunner, a fast cable service)... I uninstalled ZoneAlarm, but the problems did not go away. Evidently, uninstalling does not get rid of everything..... I had a three-hour session with RoadRunner, and they finally told me I would have to re-install ZoneAlarm, then lower its firewall protection as low as I could. After that, I had to get a kit to reinstall my RoadRunner. After countless hours of research I finally found a way to get rid of ZoneAlarm completely; it was not an easy job..... I saved all the information, so if anyone needs it, let me know and I will e-mail the directions to you.....

Nightmare is the correct description for ZoneAlarm. Just do a Google search for "Zone Alarm problems" and learn about the many, many who has the same experiences I did!