I have ZA Pro installed and was wondering if any allow options need to be enabled for it ? I haven't had any problems or seen any logging but..... I don't want to unknowingly block it from doing something it needs to do when I'm not around. Here are my current settings for ZA: ---030----------------------------------------------- Long Path :- c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zlclient.exe Short Path :- c:\progra~1\zonela~1\zoneal~1\zlclient.exe Blocked Flags :- Write,Terminate,Suspend,SetInfo Allow Flags :- None Option Flags :- None ---031----------------------------------------------- Long Path :- c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zonealarm.exe Short Path :- c:\progra~1\zonela~1\zoneal~1\zoneal~1.exe Blocked Flags :- Write,Terminate,Suspend,SetInfo Allow Flags :- None Option Flags :- None Thanks
Hi Protek The most important zone alarm file is the true vector service. This is vsmon.exe. Assuming you are running win xp this file should be in c:\windows\system32\zonelabs\ Standard protection like you gave the other zone alarm files should be fine.
What Peter2150 said. Also you can remove this entry in PG, c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zonealarm.exe, as it is not really used any more. The zlclient.exe took over its duties, and is now loaded from the registry.
Thanks for the info, I have it protected now. I never looked in the repair folder before but that's where I found another one. c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\repair\vsmon.exe Thanks again !
The c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\repair\vsmon.exe entry is not the vsmon.exe that you need to be concerned with, the correct location is c:\ [windows directory]\system32\zonelabs. However many have pointed out that ZA protects this file, if it is stopped ZA gives you a dialog box asking if you want to re-start it and the option to do so. note: sometimes you will have to reboot if vsmon is stopped. for this reason I have included the 2 ZA items. A side benefit of including vsmon.exe is you do not get any error entries for it, pertaining to the 2 database files.
Ok thanks for the replies, the info is much appreciated Here is my current protection for ZA and all seems fine (no logging) ---030----------------------------------------------- Long Path :- c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zlclient.exe Short Path :- c:\progra~1\zonela~1\zoneal~1\zlclient.exe Blocked Flags :- Write,Terminate,Suspend,SetInfo Allow Flags :- None Option Flags :- None ---031----------------------------------------------- Long Path :- c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zonealarm.exe Short Path :- c:\progra~1\zonela~1\zoneal~1\zoneal~1.exe Blocked Flags :- Write,Terminate,Suspend,SetInfo Allow Flags :- None Option Flags :- None ---032----------------------------------------------- Long Path :- c:\windows\system32\zonelabs\vsmon.exe Short Path :- c:\windows\system32\zonelabs\vsmon.exe Blocked Flags :- Write,Terminate,Suspend,SetInfo Allow Flags :- None Option Flags :- None Thanks again.