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Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on June 22, 2006, 12:35

Would not update unless I uninstalled MacAfee states there are compatability problems  any ideas anyone ?......Jim

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: Clive on June 22, 2006, 15:37

I think Simon is the firewall expert.

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: Simon on June 22, 2006, 20:31

Yeah, firewalls tend not to happily co-exist on the same PC.  At worst, you may even find your security compromised, if two firewalls are conflicting against each other, so it's always best just to use one.  What products are you actually using?  Are they all in one security suites, including anti-virus, firewall, spyware and possibly spam protector?  If so, you only need one.  If you want to keep them both, you may have to disable some of the functions of one of them, in order to avoid conflicts, but really, it's more sensible just to have one all in one suite, then there are no compatibility issues.

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on June 23, 2006, 12:43

Hi, Simon   Just the one Firewall ZA pro ,the McAfee software is an Anti Virus one ,it's the only one othe PC ,I also have Adware Pro & Skybot ....Jim

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: sam on June 23, 2006, 12:47

try just instaling a new version.

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: chorleydave on June 23, 2006, 13:18

Hi, TOFFEEMAN.

Perhaps this (http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=201786) may help.

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: GillE on June 23, 2006, 13:20

I thought my Trend AV software was just an antivirus too, until I experienced difficulties networking.  It had a firewall hidden deep in its recesses.

It might be worth checking your other software, as Simon suggests.

Gill

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: Simon on June 23, 2006, 16:42

Quote from: "chorleydave"

Hi, TOFFEEMAN.

Perhaps this (http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=201786) may help.

:welldone:  Dave!  Good find.  :thumb:

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: Reno on June 25, 2006, 05:05

I tell people to avoid zonealarm because it has so many compatibility problems. If i were you i would use the system restore to uninstall it and then install avg. Its a very effect antivirus and its definately more friendly.

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: GillE on June 25, 2006, 09:40

They fulfill different purposes though, don't they Bob?  AVG is an antivirus whereas ZoneAlarm is a firewall.

Gill

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: sam on June 25, 2006, 14:22

zonealarm does also have a antivirus facility.. I think it is in the pro version.

Title: Tried to update Zone Alarm Pro !!
Post by: Simon on June 25, 2006, 15:23

The all in one's usually call themselves 'Security Suites', so if you have one of those, you shouldn't need anything else.