DIGIT-ARC read-only archive · snapshot: July 23, 2026

Zone-Alarm users beware!!!!!!

21 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/zone-alarm-users-beware.22570/

LegendKiller
LegendKiller Original post #1
Jan 23, 2006 at 12:13 AM
Visit this post on this site and tell me your opinion..
Link:Inquirer
agnels
agnels #2
Jan 23, 2006 at 5:58 AM
Where is the text? Should have done copy paste here and then given the source link.
LegendKiller
Jan 23, 2006 at 12:58 PM
i know that! you can read the article from the link and please comment after reading it on the issue
anandk
anandk #4
Jan 23, 2006 at 6:02 PM
sony, symantec, kaspersky usong rootkits...
and now this ! :evil:

...r v safe ? or r v under an illusion tat v r safe ! 8)
S
satbir #5
Jan 23, 2006 at 8:32 PM
if this is true then i am not secure......... i think i should go for some other firewall
mohit sharma
Jan 23, 2006 at 9:15 PM
well what a good thing they have told us , whome we can believe on for privacy ?? look at current google search issue !!!!!
if you want real privacy , just get your computer isolated for any outside wire !!!! lol !!!

or just take the task of making every software you use on ur own !!!!! hahahaha !!!!
back to basics works !!!!!!
anandk
anandk #7
Jan 24, 2006 at 9:59 PM
yep, the net is buzzing with this issue ! it appears zonealarm IS spying on you, and sending back info to 4 difrnt servers.

check this out too
"A Perfect Spy? It seems that ZoneAlarm Security Suite has been
phoning home, even when told not to".
*weblog.infoworld.com/article/06/01/13/73792_03OPcringley_1.html

interesting discussion here too...
*www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=116345
i quote a thread "...Safe'N'Sec kept catching Zonealarm trying to
connect out to Zone Lab's servers, nevertheless after having my
suspicions confirmed I uninstalled Zonealarm..."
~Phenom~
Jan 24, 2006 at 10:16 PM
Its hard to believe ZA too?????
C
CodeRed #9
Jan 24, 2006 at 11:48 PM
damn m using it since more thn a month now...!!!
RCuber
RCuber #10
Jan 25, 2006 at 12:25 AM
CodeRed said:
damn m using it since more thn a month now...!!!
Iv been using ZA since i became aware of firewall
LegendKiller
Jan 25, 2006 at 1:13 PM
i think i will say the same as charangk,i also used za first and then went on for some others,
quite funny thing checkpoint ppl say its a bug and its only necessary to communicate to za servers for update and improving the firewall advisor.
What i said on their forum too was we know the difference b/w communicating to server for updates and communicating user's activities to isreali govt. :evil: :evil: :evil:
Note:i just saw their forum and they have posted a detailed account of their side,plz read it!
Link:Zonelabs-Forum
Quiz_Master
Jan 27, 2006 at 11:11 PM
charangk said:
CodeRed said:
damn m using it since more thn a month now...!!!
Iv been using ZA since i became aware of firewall

Same here....

But not ZA...I cant believe this...
eddie
eddie #13
Jan 28, 2006 at 3:47 AM
How can you people use something proprietary and then trust it to not do something funny? I really want to point-and-laugh but resisting. Its time for all of you to wake up and smell the coffee. World is not all goodie goodie. To top everything, ZA gives a MS like response. "Oh thaaaaaaaat...that is nothing!!! Its just a tracking dog collar. Believe me, its for your own protection."
S
Jan 29, 2006 at 9:30 PM
Guys i use sygate firewall...
Does sygate also have such problems???

What ZA is doing is really bad. Thank god i am not using it.

Regards.....
gary4gar
gary4gar #15
Feb 5, 2006 at 3:43 PM
till date....
i swear about it
it was the first firewall i had used

i feel like killing ZA

which firewall to use now?
~~~~~~~~~~~thinking~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
if u know pls tell me
LegendKiller
Feb 5, 2006 at 11:30 PM
Dude sygate is bought by symantec now and it won't be able as a stand-alone anymore,,
Meanwhile,try outpost 3.5 which they pan to release in 1st week of feb,which i think will be tomm....
Anyhow you may also try kerio,which again is bought by sunbelt!
R
Feb 10, 2006 at 11:14 AM
Damn ZA.....It should be HACKED 2 Bits !!!

I switched over 2 Norton Firewall and was delighted !
I'd better stick 2 it !
QwertyManiac
Feb 10, 2006 at 1:42 PM
lol, this comes 2 months after my system was removed of all the antis and fwalls.. another reason i am not gonna install it again.. jus dont feel the need to do so nowadays
gary4gar
gary4gar #19
Feb 15, 2006 at 1:19 PM
which is the safest firewall???
G
Feb 17, 2006 at 4:16 AM
iam using this freeware for such a long time....
need to switch to something else i think...
vote for it guys...which one ??
sygate,norton,mcafee etc.. ?????
R
Feb 19, 2006 at 9:36 AM
Norton gets a VOTE from my Computer