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On my computer here at home I have been having some troubles over the past couple of days with ZoneAlarm. I was wondering if anyone else has this problem. Over the night, ZoneAlarm quits for no reason and then I get a million of those pop-up spam messages. Has anyone had this problem? I am using Zone Alarm Free on a Windows 2000 SP3 box.
I was just reading an article on Wired regarding spyware.
Now, I am not sure it's related to your problem, but you might want to give it a look.Quote:
The most worrisome of the recent releases is ClientMan, an application that appears to be able to change settings on older versions of the popular free ZoneAlarm firewall program without user consent.
When ClientMan tries to connect to the Internet, ZoneAlarm flashes a warning and asks the user to confirm whether the program should be allowed to connect or not.
Instead of waiting for user approval, ClientMan clicks the Yes button and checks the Always checkbox. Now ClientMan has permission to access the network whenever it chooses.
Full story HERE
Cheers:
hmmm... I will run a Spyware search (With Spybot Search and Destroy). I had not seen that Wired article.
Ad-Aware will remove all your ads and spyware. The only problem is that some programs like kazaa require that the spyware still be on the machine for it to work. But the good thing about Ad-Aware is that you can backup those files, then when you want to use kazaa restore its adware or just leve it on ;)
There was a disscuession at one point about zone alarm falling over if it got too many rapid hits. Perhaps this is whats happening?
Try Spy Sweeper from webroot.. it is good, my box running Win2k with SP3 either and i use Zone Alarm Pro, everytime i finish or before i connect to the internet.. i sweep my HDDby Spy Sweeper.
You can visit here ...
http://www.webroot.com/wb/downloads/index.php
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Utili...-download.html
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10192730.html
http://www.fileheaven.com/Spy-Sweeper/download/3475.htm
What is the most current version of Zone Alarm Pro? I am running version 2.6.369 and I have had it shut down for no apparent reason as well. I guess its time I get a more up to date version.
It will run for days and days and then suddenly I'll look at the systray and the icon will be gone. I start it back up and it works just fine. I have never had any indication why it just shuts down like that.
At one point I had x random torjin on my game box that keept shuting down zone alarms and my antivirus program. it was hitting some odd port with "i'm here" packets that died horrably at my real firewall...this may be whats happening
I just downloaded and installed Zone Alarm Pro 3.7.159 which is significantly more up to date than what I was running. We'll see if I continue to notice it shutting down or not.
I did not have any problems with Zone Alarm until I updated to the latest version. I was one release below 3.7.159 and I upgraded and then started recieving the problem. The only thing is, there is no message that tells you it is shutting down and nothing in the event log except a log stating that the program was shut down. I posted in the Zone Labs forums, so maybe I will recieve a responce from one of their techs.Quote:
Originally posted here by tonybradley
I just downloaded and installed Zone Alarm Pro 3.7.159 which is significantly more up to date than what I was running. We'll see if I continue to notice it shutting down or not.
Ha! I upgrade to the Pro version and it works perfectly. hmm.......
Hmmm - Now I don't know what the heck I'm going to put on this new system. I used Zone Alarm when it first came out and swore by it until I opened the wrong text file. My system was trashed - Norton was worthless and Zone Alarm maintained a connection for an invisible program with full server options no matter how many times I reformatted. I'd load Outpost but the person buying the computer wants 'low maintenance'. I'm assuming the ISP connections are the "always on" type from the posts, rather than dialup, which is what he will have - so maybe there won't be a problem. I guess it's back to the ZA forums for some heavy reading. Thanks for the heads up!
V.
I tried zone alarm and thought it was crap to be frank.
I use Noton Antivirus and Norton firewall, together thay make an excellent combination and i have had no troubles.
I also run adaware, spy sweeper and spy bot every week to rid myself of those nasty spy ware programs - yuck !!!
Gave up on Zonealarm after the V3 Pro started to give problems connecting to random sites from other machines on the network, finally had to remove it completly to restore normal ICS operation.. Currently using VesNetic, stable and trouble free for about 2 months (mind - ZA failed after 3 mths other versions either had problems with ICS or wouldn't work with it, crashed the system, or simply screwed the TCPIP settings)..
Currently trying to setup an old system with smoothwall (V2 failed but V1 seems to install.. now to get in and configure)
Cheers
I read an article today which mentioned that Zone Alarm Free now incorporates "popup banner ads". Does anyone know when they started this? Hmmm, maybe I should try Tiny or Sygate . . .
V.
vvirtho:
Why did you not post a link or reference to the article?
the latest free version I know if is version 3.7.143 released on or about April 1, 2003.
No pop-ups, no banners that anyone has complained of.
You mentioned Tiny. Do they offer a free version?? I sent them correspondence concerning egresses from their free firewall a while back, it was shortly thereafter removed from their site with no comment from the company.
Do you mean "incorporates" as in uses pop-up banner ads? Or, are you referring to it blocking pop-up and banner ads?Quote:
I read an article today which mentioned that Zone Alarm Free now incorporates "popup banner ads"
I can tell you that ZoneAlarm Pro 3.7 does block pop-up and banner ads. That functionality is ONLY inlcuded in the Pro version though.
Pro ads some different privacy features like blocking cookies and stripping identifying information out of your packet headers. It also lets you block pop-up / pop-under ads and such and it allows you to block advertisements or only those that affect performance. You can assign a timeframe- say 5 seconds- and tell it not to allow any ad that takes longer than 5 seconds to load.
If you happen to want access to the ads still, you can set it to block ads, but leave a clickable box in its place so you can click on it if you choose to view the ad.
You can check out my Product Review of it on my About.com site or check this comparison chart of the 3 versions of ZoneAlarm: Product Comparison
As far as the Free version using pop-up or banner ads I have neither heard nor seen anything to support that. I too would be interested in getting a link to the article you are referring to.
Recently I found a MPEG file that I did not remember downloading from Kazaa. I tried to delete it but whenever I put my mouse on the file the Debugging message with hexadecimal numbers appear. This file could not be deleted until I selected all files in the Kazaa folder & delete all of them.
Later, my Zone Alarm keep on bugging me with this messages whenever I am online.
"The firewall has blocked access to your computer[TCP Port 1111} from 193.169.2.111 (TCP Port 3426) (TCP Flags: S). "
The port number always changed. Whenever I clicked for More Info, Zone Alarm will tell me that my PC is safe. Is someone trying to hack me or have I been hacked?
Thank you for answering my question.
Well firstly, don't panic, it looks like ZoneAlarm is doing is job. I get hundreds of hits in an average online session. The IP you posted belongs to the AT&T group out of the UK:
To be on the safe side, I would check your computer for Trojans. The Cleaner works pretty good for this.Quote:
inetnum: 193.169.0.0 - 193.169.255.255
netname: UK-ISTEL-193-169
descr: ALLOCATED BLOCK
descr: Provider Local Registry
descr: AT&T
country: GB
admin-c: PW8-RIPE
tech-c: PW8-RIPE
status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
changed: [email protected] 19941223
changed: [email protected] 19950116
changed: [email protected] 19950424
source: RIPE
Cheers:
No, the IP actually came from my router. I made up the 193.XXX.XXX.XXX . Thanks . Do u have any idea what is going on? I just switched to Zone Alarm from Mc Afee less than a month & my Zone Alarm already blocked more than 864 intrusions. I am scared. I don't want to reformat my PC again.
Sounds like you have a zombi process yelling out to the world here I am, luckely it looks like you are blocking the return, run an antivirus or trojan cleaning program...A not people Kazaa isnt safe, you got this form a file on kazaa, probably an exe mascerading as a MPEG (it probably had an Icon that loked like the MPEG Icon, and was blah.MPEG.EXE windows will only show the first .*** unless you force it to act difrently.Quote:
Originally posted here by Shakira
Recently I found a MPEG file that I did not remember downloading from Kazaa. I tried to delete it but whenever I put my mouse on the file the Debugging message with hexadecimal numbers appear. This file could not be deleted until I selected all files in the Kazaa folder & delete all of them.
Later, my Zone Alarm keep on bugging me with this messages whenever I am online.
"The firewall has blocked access to your computer[TCP Port 1111} from 193.169.2.111 (TCP Port 3426) (TCP Flags: S). "
The port number always changed. Whenever I clicked for More Info, Zone Alarm will tell me that my PC is safe. Is someone trying to hack me or have I been hacked?
Thank you for answering my question.
U r right. It is .exe file. What shall I do now? Reformat my HD ?
no need to reformat...restart in command prompt only attrib the file so that its not a system or read only or anything and then delete it. I would also sugest a trojan cleaner or an anti virus even if you only grab a trial version...it should clean it
I have deleted it. It is still in my Recycle bin. Will it do any harm?
Empty your Recycle bin.
Cheers:
Probably not but I would empty the bin to make sure. Still go get an antivirus, there may be more infected files, if this was just a deilvery method it may have spread to other paces on your system
this is a link for fprot, its a good av.
http://www.datafellows.com/download-purchase/list.shtml
IKnowNot and tonybradley - The article mentioning Zone Alarm was in the February issue of the Computer Bits magazine, entitled "Fighting Identity Theft" by Tom Bair (http://www.computerbits.com/archive/...titytheft.html) Mr. Bair stated of Zone Alarm, "(Be aware that this firewall contains pop-up banner ads)."
IKnowNot - Yes there is a free version of Tiny Personal Firewall (4.5) which can be downloaded from their site (www.tinysoftware.com). Just fill in your name with a valid email address (for updates) and you're all set. You may want to check out Sygate Personal Firewall (Version 5.0 build 1175) which is free for personal and home use too. I know quite a few people who swear by it and and read some good reviews about it here at AO.
V.
I use to run Zone alarm ran into that problem also....if I may make a suggestion try Kerio firewall 2.14 freeware. Very low in memory consumption......easy to use and rock solid proctions. Here is their web site for your review hope this helps.
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html