Zone Alarm&EZ conflict

[Paul]

Does anyone know of a conflict between ZA and EZarmour antivirus that causes
a big slowdown in connection speed?

 

[Lou Rehberger]

Does anyone know of a conflict between ZA and EZarmour antivirus that causes
a big slowdown in connection speed?

I use both programs and do not have any noticeable problem with my
connection speed.
Lou

 

[Frank Bohan]

Does anyone know of a conflict between ZA and EZarmour antivirus that
causes a big slowdown in connection speed?

No problem here. I've used this combination on W95 (dial-up) and XP (dial-up
and broadband).

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Frank Bohan
¶ Stock Exchange Batteries exploded in an attempt to recharge the
market.

 

[Tom Chubb]

Does anyone know of a conflict between ZA and EZarmour antivirus that
causes a big slowdown in connection speed?

Sorry I can't comment on your query, but I thought it was interesting
because of my own issues in this regard. If I connect to my ISP portal
and do their speed test, I get results telling me I'm connected at
between 489 - 599kbps. If I remove Zone Alarm, it goes up to between
1.69 - 1.73mbps!

Am I missing something here, or is ZA really slowing down the machine
to this extent? I have seen references to its being resource hungry,
but this seems a tad OTT.

If ZA is the problem, what would people recommend - I'm considering
Outpost.

Cheers,

Tom C

 

[Frank Bohan]

Sorry I can't comment on your query, but I thought it was interesting
because of my own issues in this regard. If I connect to my ISP portal
and do their speed test, I get results telling me I'm connected at
between 489 - 599kbps. If I remove Zone Alarm, it goes up to between
1.69 - 1.73mbps!

Am I missing something here, or is ZA really slowing down the machine
to this extent? I have seen references to its being resource hungry,
but this seems a tad OTT.

If ZA is the problem, what would people recommend - I'm considering
Outpost.

Cheers,

Tom C

Just tried a connection with and without ZA and could not see any difference
in speed. I also have the EZ Antivirus running. I'm not sure where you are,
but many ISPs in the UK are doubling or trebling their connection speeds
(mine has just doubled). Could the
different speeds be something to do with your ISP? It's a bit of a longshot,
but worth checking.

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Frank Bohan
¶ May the bluebird of happiness twiddle your bits.

 

[Tom Chubb]

that >> causes a big slowdown in connection speed?

Just tried a connection with and without ZA and could not see any
difference in speed. I also have the EZ Antivirus running. I'm not
sure where you are, but many ISPs in the UK are doubling or trebling
their connection speeds (mine has just doubled). Could the
different speeds be something to do with your ISP? It's a bit of a
longshot, but worth checking.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Just tried Outpost to see if it made a difference - it didn't. But then
I remembered TCPOptimizer, ran it, and the speed was back up to where
it should be.

Cheers,

Tom C