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| Thread ID: 25283 | 2002-09-30 10:13:00 | zonealarm v outpost | tweak'e (174) | Press F1 |
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| 84736 | 2002-09-30 10:13:00 | and we are up to round 3......... i havn't used zaf for a while due to the early bugs so i thought i would give it a go. however i find it eats resources (win98se) like loollies ;-) it uses 11% compared to opf (outpost free) 5%. running zaf means i had to shut down progs when i was doing the news as i was hitting <30%....argghhhhh is this just my overtweaked system or is za really hungry. can someone confirm figures ?? |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 84737 | 2002-09-30 10:38:00 | Resource meter tells me that ZA uses 10% resources, been thinking it was a bit much, maybe I'll give Outpost a go. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 84738 | 2002-09-30 11:40:00 | Well it runs fine for me. I've gone off Outpost. I got asked things to often. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 84739 | 2002-09-30 11:47:00 | Unless things have changed in a newer version of ZA or Outpost, Sygate is the only one which supports ICS under windows XP. Thus, I use Sygate which I found to be a very easy to use, and powerful firewall. I have used both ZA (too basic for me, but good for most) and Outpost(my choice if it supported ICS + XP) and find Sygate to slot nicely between them in my personal rankings. G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 84740 | 2002-09-30 12:13:00 | I was using Sygate but then it randomly stopped loading at start-up. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 84741 | 2002-09-30 12:42:00 | I haven't checked actual resources and figures but in my opinion outpost is less resource hungry and does not slow my connection as much as zonealarm. Things just seem to run that little bit slower with zonealarm running. | dipstick01 (445) | ||
| 84742 | 2002-09-30 14:03:00 | Hey JM, I have that problem with Sygate too. Zone Alarm caused some sort of conflict with my sound card (lots of static through speakers, something to do with ZA conflicting with a vxd or something) and Outpost was just to complicated to get working right for me, and it would not allow me to use the voice part of messenger online. Could find no help or resolution to this problem and I was still struggling trying to set it up after a week so out it went. Sygate has been so easy to configure and use with the only problem being it doesn't always load on start up, so I just manully check it is running and start it if need be. | Danger (287) | ||
| 84743 | 2002-09-30 21:37:00 | > I got asked things to often. Like what? It never asks me anything unless I install something that needs internet access. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 84744 | 2002-09-30 22:17:00 | I don't use either... I use Kerio Personal Firewall (free edition) I stopped using ZA because of bugs, and because it was too noisy - I got sooo many warnings it annoyed me. Kerio just sits there - I don't know of any warnings unless I open it to have a look. the only warnings I get are for communications directed at my machine (which are quite rare), or for the occasional new program that needs to access the net for whatever reason. I don't use outpost cause I don't really know why - I just like Kerio I guess. Had a quick look at system resources - Kerio uses around 0-1% most of the time (XP Pro). Personally I don't like ZA because it gives too many messages. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 84745 | 2002-09-30 23:31:00 | >>>Personally I don't like ZA because it gives too many messages. Not when you turn off the warnings ;) Kerio is nice. Used to run it on the old comp. Susan: it's just that I found it would ask me a lot with DC++. Each time someone wanted to connect. So I just ended up having to enable it full access. ZAs one click is all you need is just easier. (I'm lazy :D) Provided that my comp is OK according to GRC and Symantec I'm happy with it. If someone wants to get it they'll always find a way. How are you people getting you percentage figures in XP Pro. Is their somewhere I'm not looking or are you just working it out roughly. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
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