zoneAlarm is entering the Alarm zone

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by gery, Oct 26, 2016.

  1. gery

    gery Registered Member

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    i have been a happy user of ZA products since 2011 . It has always been a little heave on my computers but not a big deal. I have quit using for 3 years now ( almost) and thought since 2017 came out i should give it a spin.
    went ahead and bought ZA FW AV pro and noticed that the computer was very slow and browsing waaaaay to slow and nagging . What the hack........:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: . Contacted support (which i think is the only good thing remaining )
    and they gave me no response just offered to refund .
    i love the FW and know is the only good one for my liking but can not afford the legginess ....
    To bad ZA
     
  2. Tarantula

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    I have never ever experienced slowdowns with ZA.
     
  3. fax

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    No issue here whatsoever with browsing.

    Which browser are you using? There is not much intervention of ZA on the browser apart from the Kaspersky web scanner (and if you use Chrome the new antiphishing extension). So, possibly other security tools installed on the system? Do you customise ZA in a particular way? Or possibly a conflict between Kaspersky AV drivers/filtering and the system?

    For example, ZA Extreme (heavier than the version you are running) score 5 out of 6 points in a recent av-test.org performance test (on windows 7).

    The usual way to troubleshoot the problem is to selectively boot your system. First only with ZA and windows defaults and then you add the other third party programs. An example here: https://www.zonealarm.com/forums/sh...pc-takes-ages-to-start-up?p=301920#post301920
     
  4. hogndog

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    It would help if you could list all of your security measures.. If I'm not mistaken Zone Alarm Security suite is meant to be run as a stand alone application.. *puppy*
     
  5. gery

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    i had nothing else on my machine ....... just ZA
     
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    ZoneAlarm is still fat and it still has 1 automatic update in 24 hours in the year 2016. :eek:
     
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    FALSE, please specify that you are talking about the FREE ZoneAlarm version NOT the retail version discussed above.
     
  9. Tarantula

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    You're talking about the free version. My only problem with the auto update in this version is the time of update. It depends on your installation. If you install ZA free around 8 PM, it will update every day at 8 PM. You can't change this. Game mode won't prevent it from updating. It heavily interferes with gaming, so this is everything BUT a real game mode.
     
  10. ance

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    Yes, an option to schedule the one and only update would be really important.
     
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    Is there an option to schedule the one and only automatic update in the latest free version? o_O
     
  12. fax

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    As far as I know, no you can't. :)
     
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    I believe that ZA Extreme uses Kaspersky at least for its scanning engine -- actually I think every component of ZA Extreme except its firewall is licensed.
     
  16. NormanF

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    Kaspersky licenses its AV to Checkpoint. Checkpoint's new AR engine is likely to be based on its own in-house technologies.

    The beta still hasn't been released yet.
     
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    Thanks for the heads up. Even though I'm not a ZoneLabs fan anymore because they ruined ZoneAlarm, I will still check this one out.
     
  18. gery

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    it is heavy still . Any antivirus that uses more than 200 megs i think is heavy. I am not talking about heaviness in terms of ram capacities.
     
  19. Rasheed187

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    Let's hope ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware will be light as a feather, and free of course. :thumb:
     
  20. Tarantula

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    They both have competitor. Free and effective. Why would anyone install 2 programs when you can protect everything with just 1?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVIhXwFJXMg
     
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    Well, EMSISOFT Internet Security uses 200MB or more but is known to be not heavy at all, the same applies to ZA (at least here). It is by design, to minimise writing to disk and actually increase speed.

    I believe ZA anti-ransomware will be paid, the closed beta is actually running. Not sure if they accept still beta testers. You can sign-up here: http://www.zonealarm.com/anti-ransomware/ . For beta testers contributing to the testing checkpoint is promising a one year free subscription.

    It runs fine and no-bloat.
     
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    Same applies to antivirus software but still many run paid software :D
     
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    Should have known it wouldn't be free. Can you already post some screenshots?
     
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    Sorry, been a closed beta I don't really feel to potentially break any NDA. Sorry again.
    A good public hint how it may look like including a test on the famous WannaCry is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M6quttHbkI :thumb:
     
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    Let a year or two pass, then these features will percolate into the regular ZA products. ZA has always been like this, their marketing is poor.
     
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