ZoneAlarm version 6.5 WARNING

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Bruce A. Johnson

I have positively identified ZoneAlarm version 6.5 as the cause of my BSOD
(Blue Screen of Death) after Check Disk. I have also observed this on two
other computers other than mine.

NOTE: Version 6.5.714.000, released today (June 15, 2006), DOES NOT
resolve this problem, and the other problems I describe below.

Even the ZoneAlarm Free 6.5 (firewall only), causes the BSOD after Check
Disk.

BSOD:
SESSION5_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
*** STOP: 0x00000071 (0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000)

After this BSOD, the only option that works is to boot with "Last Known
Good Configuration".

Other problems I have noticed caused by ZA 6.5:

1) Eudora fast search indexing interfered with (X1 search).
2) During shutdown of Windows, ZA does not shut down properly, and
continues to write to the Windows Registry while the computer is shutting
down.

!!!!!!
Until Zone Labs have solved these problems, I recommend that everyone
uninstall version 6.5, and install the last known good version,
6.1.744.001.
!!!!!!


- Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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- Bruce A. Johnson in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada
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- http://BruceJohnson.ca/
 
This is another reason why I recommend that users use the built in Windows
Firewall unless they specifically need the features of a more advanced
firewall particularly being the need to restrict what applications users on
the computer can use to access the internet. --- Steve
 
The prior version, zlsSetup_61_744_001_en.exe, is stable however. Suggest
y'all stick w/ it for a while at least.

And, 6.1 will tell you "your protection is up to date" if you ask it to
check for updates, so it appears that ZL themselves don't have total
confidence in the 6.5 version yet. [Basically all that 6.5 added was a
"Gaming Mode"].

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!".
 
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