NOD and ZA causing startup problem

I had this pc running without a hitch since the format. I changed nothing except adding ZA free firewall and now I have a startup with NOD and svchost using up nearly all the cpu cycles for about 1.5 - 2 minutes. Is there a workaround for this?

 

The answer to this issue is repairing Winsock

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Thanks BS, er..Blackspear sounds better. I'll check that out after work tommorrow. Its off to bed for today. Your help and time is appreciated buddy.

 

You are welcome.

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I was facing same problem.

I removed ZAP and using Comodo and enjoying the actual speed of my notebook

 

I did that a when I rebooted to add TCP/IP, it was already there and I could not repair IMON nor start it. I used system restore to revert back to before I had started this procedure and now its all fixed on its own. Not sure if my connection being wireless had anything to do with that, but I figured atleast I would post back and report my results. All is well that ends well. Thanks again Blackspear.

 

You are welcome.

With such an issue I would normally have suggested a fresh install of NOD32 to resolve IMON not repairing itself.

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I just took ankupan's advice and swapped ZA for Comodo and all is well. I just needed outbound protection, not a fan of any firewall in particular. I may fresh install NOD32 if any hiccups occur after this, lol.

 

thanks

 

No, thank you,