ZA slow down my windows inicialization a lot!

I was using Outpost PRO 3, but it slows down my internet conection a bit...

Then I installed ZA PRO 6 trial, and it has not slow down my net connection as Outpost, but has slow down a lot my windows startup.... Sometimes I have no problem at windows startup, but sometimes my windows loads only the wallpaper, and after about 30sec -1min, all the other WindowsXP things inicialize, like the desktop icons, bars, and my nod32 and a²Guard...

So what can I do? i have a Athlon XP 2800+, Asus A7v8x-x, 512mb RAm, running NOD32, ZA PRO and a² at startup...

 

You can use Kerio 4.2.2 if you don't like slowdowns.

 

But is Kerio as good as ZA? Does Kerio have antispyware?

 

Yes, of course. perhaps much more.

No. But, you can use more pro. solution for antispy. as ad-aware, spy sweeper or spyware doctor etc.

 

Is Kerio hard to configure?

 

It is possible to run Kerio 4 right out of the box with no configuring at all, just allow or deny any programs that ask. Kerio 2, on the other hand, takes a little work.

 

There is also a way of importing BZ's rules for Kerio 2.15 into Kerio 4x.

 

I've found that ZA can take ages to start even on relatively fast PCs and, not surprisingly, the more network-involved applications you run, the slower it seems to get. I've not seen this at all with Kerio 4.x.x firewalls (nor the 2.1.x ones), but I have a feeling it's linked to ZA's component control (just my opinion, nothing more).

As has been already said, Kerio is every bit as effective as ZA for most people, has much less of a hit on the PC's start-up time and is effective "straight out of the box", even without extra rules being applied.

 

This may be due to the newly-introduced OS Firewall.
You might like to turn it off (Program Control > Custom and untick "Enable OSFirewall") This will not affect your internet security directly.
Of course you could consider buying Kerio too.

 

Kerio 4.2.2 does not consume CPU, starts fast. Only thing is if you have low memory, it does use 26 MB of memory.
Kerio is very configurable. And has that application behaviour blocking that Kerio 2.1.5 has not. Also the user interface is one of the nicest I have seen.

 

Zone Alarm was my very first firewall... until I tried some other firewalls and I was surprised my system got faster. start and shutdown and also web browsing and surfing speed increased dramatically like magic.

That was then I realized that I would never used again ZA... but overall this firewall is really good... and protects your pc as immediately as it was installed.. but the only problem was that it eats up system resources and affects net speed.

I tried kerio 4.1.3 but I exprerienced some freeze up and hung when I open multiple pages when browsing, Kerio 4.2 and kerio 4.2.2 crashed my system.. maybe their hips features was not compatible with my system set-up.

 

Zone Alarm works fine for me. It's one of the free stuff that didnt actually disappoint. Try changing the setting.