Zone Alarm prevents access to browser

[alsteele]

I am using the latest version of Zone Alarm, 8.0 and Windows XP. Today
a problem came up whereby I could not access either Internet Explorer
or Firefox. I discovered the cause to be Zone Alarm. When I shut it
down, I was able to access the browser. Strangely enough, once having
accessed the browser, I could restart Zone Alarm and everything worked
normally.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

And your question would be...?

ZA Forums
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs

 

[msnews.microsoft.com]

The question he is trying to ask is what setting is causing this problem.

I know because I have a similar problem. I cannot install any new programs
when ZA is on and set.

What could be causing this problem? Is there any expert who has the answer?

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

 

[Peter Foldes]

To both of you. Get RID of Zone Alarm. It will solve a multitude of your problems
and use the built in Windows Firewall. Much better than ZA and much more effective
if set up properly