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iTrader: (1)

Just noticed there was an update available of version 2.6 to 3.1 so I downloaded it. Now everytime I start up my computer it dials the internet connection automatically. Was suspicious that some spyware had come in but it seems to be ZoneAlarm itself doing this. If I configure ZoneAlarm not to open on start up then no internet connection comes up either - however this makes ZoneAlarm much less use than being there all the time.
Why is it doing this and can it be stopped??
Any help appreciated

Fast_Blue_Scooby

Same happening on my pc. I posted a thread about this last week. Somone replied saying they had posted a question to Zone Alarm but hadn't heard anything back.
True if you switch Zone Alarm off, ie not to load at startup then it is okay. What I was trying to do was to get Zone Alarm to automatically run when I dialed in. That way I would be happy.

However I did notice in the system config startup menu, there are a Minilog and a TrueVector exe's that run at startup time. Maybe one or both of these is causing the connection to the internet to be required!?!

Fast_Blue_Scooby

Just checked and vsmon.exe which is the vector exe does indeed call up the dial up connection window!!

However this doesn't really solve anything as no doubt when Zone Alarm is ran, it will of course call the above exe which will require an internet connection.

Zone Alarm will have to put in a check to only call that exe if there is an internet connection. Then as Zone Alarm will be in the background, keep checking from time to time. Eventually when you do dial in, Zone Alarm can then call discreetly the exe.

Unless anyone knows any better?

suba

i had the same problem with the latest of the latest version of zonealarm, so i downgraded one version and it seems OK. i know it's not a solution, but at least not annoying.

btw, goto preferences and turn "check for product updates" to manually.

Boost II

iTrader: (1)

Glad its not just me then!
suba, where were you able to get the older version back from?
Thanks guys.

suba

luckily i had the previous version on my HDD the version i am running now is zonealarm pro 3.0.134 which seems fine.

Chelsie-Bun

why use zoneAlarm when you can use norton, or is it something diffrent like Ad-Aware

chel xxx

suba

zonealarm is free for personal use, and zonealarm is consider the best [1] firewall software around. norton you have to buy it.

ad-aware is NOT a firewall software, it is anti-spyware software. so different ball game there


[1] from most computer magazines

awd2000

Here's some info from a thread in the "comp.security.firewalls" newsgroup that sheds a bit of light....

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"TomS" <tomstatham@mochamail.com> wrote in message
news:anmj89$fha8t$1@ID-40169.news.dfncis.de...
> I had a problem with ZoneAlarm always wanting to connect to the internet. I
> wrote to this group and was told:
> >Open your Internet Options Control Panel. Click on Advanced. Scroll
> > down, and uncheck "Check for publisher's certification revocation">
> This solved my problem and I was happy until I upgraded to the newer version
> 3.1.395.>
> It's doing it again! This is annoying to me and I don't have that option
> checked anymore either. I didn't know what to do. After it connects, no
> windows open so I ran CommView to see where it was trying to go. I got this
> packet.>
> 0x0000 20 53 52 43 00 00 44 45-53 54 00 00 08 00 45 00 SRC..DEST....E.
> 0x0010 00 41 0D 02 00 00 80 11-BA 25 41 EE 6A 8A C6 06 .A....?.º%AîjSÆ.
> 0x0020 01 06 04 53 00 35 00 2D-08 BE 00 01 01 00 00 01 ...S.5.-.¾......
> 0x0030 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 6C-6F 63 6B 75 70 08 7A 6F .......lockup.zo
> 0x0040 6E 65 6C 61 62 73 03 63-6F 6D 00 00 01 00 01 nelabs.com.....>
> The only thing that I understand here is the address lockup.zonelabs.com.
> When I attempt to open this address on a web browser, I receive a Forbidden
> error. Can anyone tell me what's going on here or how to stop ZA from
> activating the dialup everytime I start it?>
> Does anyone else experience this?>

Yes and plenty of previous posts have pointed out that ZA wants to dial home
to validate the reg key you're using - if it's on a database of cracked keys
then ZA shuts down.I believe ZA have posted some nonsense of their site about
lockout.zonelabs.com being "a landing page with instructions for people who
have experienced firewall hardening".
Which is, of course, a crock of ****. Do as I did and go back to the
previous version.
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I gave up and changed firewalls as there's no news on a fix (and given that ZA aren't accepting the behaivour as a bug there's not much chance of one IMHO).

awd (ex ZA user)

Edit due to rubbish spelling! and typing!!

[Edited by awd2000 - 10/12/2002 8:45:35 PM]

[Edited by awd2000 - 10/12/2002 8:46:48 PM]