Zone alarm

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rigormortis

I've used Zone alarm for quite awhile. Recently, after installing the
lastest SP for XP the security center says that my firewall may not be
turned on. So....I shut down zone alarm and then restart zone alarm and it's
then all fine..no security warning...What could be causing the xp security
center to not recog that zone alarm is on?
 
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Richard Urban

Why not update ZoneAlarm?

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :)
 
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Steve Shattuck

I've used Zone alarm for quite awhile. Recently, after installing the
lastest SP for XP the security center says that my firewall may not be
turned on. So....I shut down zone alarm and then restart zone alarm and
it's then all fine..no security warning...What could be causing the xp
security center to not recog that zone alarm is on?


If you're talking about when you boot, then the answer is that the security
center starts before Zone Alarm gains control of the TCP/IP stack, and the
message is meaningless. In fact, as soon as Zone Alarm starts, it should go
away without the need to exit and restart Zone Alarm.

NOTE: This is true of ZA Pro, it may vary if you are running the free
version.
 
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Alex Nichol

rigormortis said:
I've used Zone alarm for quite awhile. Recently, after installing the
lastest SP for XP the security center says that my firewall may not be
turned on. So....I shut down zone alarm and then restart zone alarm and it's
then all fine..no security warning...What could be causing the xp security
center to not recog that zone alarm is on?

It is probably warning before the final ZA client (as opposed to
underlying service) has loaded. In Security Center, click on 'change
way. . . advise me' and tell it not to bother about firewall
 
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rigormortis

rigormortis said:
I've used Zone alarm for quite awhile. Recently, after installing the
lastest SP for XP the security center says that my firewall may not be
turned on. So....I shut down zone alarm and then restart zone alarm and
it's then all fine..no security warning...What could be causing the xp
security center to not recog that zone alarm is on?


Thanks for the replies, I am using version 5.5.062.000

Thanks for the explanation Steve.
 

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