** New Release **: ZoneAlarm antivirus-firewall combo 10

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  1. Legendkiller

    Legendkiller Registered Member

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    ok, i have a prob.........i tried trendmicro's latest AV 6 beta which caused BSOD's at every restart.

    I had AV disabled for that.After removing TM, i just found out that App control under FW, has forgotten all the apps i had specifically blocked.

    No of apps have gone down from 104 before BSOD to 51 now....could it be because of BSOD and frequent restarts?
     
    Legendkiller, May 13, 2012
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  2. fax

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    BSOD may have corrupted the ZA databases where settings are stored. If you are testing other security tools (moreover if betas) you should remote ZA. Kernel drivers are loaded even if you disable ZA components and this may have been the cause of the BSOD.

    If ZA free support backup of settings (not sure) just use it and restore them after reinstall.
     
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  3. Legendkiller

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    yes it does.i reloaded them. Also thanks for letting me know that drivers are uploaded even if the component have been disabled.
     
    Legendkiller, May 14, 2012
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  4. fax

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    You're welcome! :thumb:
     
    fax, May 14, 2012
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    I installed ZA suite Saturday, after having Outpost SS on my Dell XP SP3 with 2GB for a while. Although the memory footprint is quite large, 300MB, the laptop runs faster than with any AV+FW I have used, including Avast with Kerio! I am not that deep into how it is doing this, but I am very happy with the results so far.

    Anyone having any issues with the daily update? To me that is not an issue.

    I would recommend ZA to anyone who just wants a solid AV/FW solution without popups and slowing down the PC.

    VW
     
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  6. JoeBlack40

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    They definitely have to do something about the huge amount of RAM usage.Not even those antimalware solutions with 2 engines are using that much.
     
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  7. fax

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    IMO, if ram use has no adverse impacts then I see little point in addressing it.
    Low memory use may not mean a faster or lighter system. :)
     
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    Very good point. That is why even 300mb ram usage is light on my system :D
     
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  10. AlexC

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    In the other hand a high use of RAM will surely mean a slower system if Windows is forced to use virtual memory. Probably not the better choice for older computers...
     
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  11. MDRockstar

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    Changelog for version 10.2 ?
    It run pretty light on my 5 years old pc.
     
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  12. AlexC

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    What's the OS? How much RAM your computer have?
     
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    I have windows 7 sp1 and 3g of ram.
     
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    That's nice. I'm thinking about computer's with 1 or 2 GB when running a bit heavier applications...
     
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    How much ram uses ZA on your machine?
     
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  16. MDRockstar

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    A lot of ram.... one process over 200 mb but no system impact. They need to work on this for older computer.
     
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  17. JoeBlack40

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    As i expected...i thought that maybe with this new program update they changed something about that.But they don't.Too bad.Thank you for the head up.
     
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    any news on the update change log?
     
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  20. Hardov

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    this is the correct setting? ( see the pic plss)
     

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  21. fax

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    yes, this would be the recommended settings after some few weeks of use (i.e. ZA having learned all your applications).
     
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    thanks
     
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  23. clocks

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    That one process (vsmon?) in ZoneAlarm has always taking a crap load of ram. If they have not cleaned up the code by now, they probably never will.
     
    clocks, Jun 12, 2012
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    Sorry its by design. Nothing to do with an uncleaned code. It has been said already several times in here...

    For some users, use of RAM is key for others not. For some users ZA is lighter than previous ZA versions (that were actually using less RAM) for others not. For some users it works perfectly fine, for other not. Each system has its own history and react differently. If it does not work for you I am sure there are other tools they will work instead.

    The substance is... if does not work for your does not necessarily mean it does not work for others. The only way to know is to try it. Most of the time is a matter of personal taste and subjective impression about feeling secure and/or light, etc... :)

    An example is posted just above....
     
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  25. fax

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    You're welcome! :thumb:
     
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