Zone Alarm temporary problem
July 14th 2008 08:47
Some frustration over the last few days.
I was working on the Internet the other night when various sites became unavailable. One or two stuck with me, but after I closed the browser down, I couldn't get anything to load up again.
I tried undoing all the plugs and replacing them and checking all the wires and so on - the usual sort of thing. You always think it's a hardware problem. In fact the Internet was still functioning, because an AVG update went ahead and did its thing quite comfortably. It was only the browser that was out of action.
I discovered a temporary solution, resetting the browser back to its default. But while this worked perfectly on that occasion, when I tried it again, the browser was dead again.
Finally, by chance, I happened to be talking to the IT guy who fixed my computer up a few weeks back. He suggested it might be a problem that had arisen between Zone Alarm and the latest Microsoft updates.
Fortunately we have a laptop in the house as well as the PC, and in checking out Zone Alarm on Google I found reference to recent problems - as well as some solutions. I tried the easiest: switching Zone Alarm Internet Zone Security down to Medium, and voila!, everything worked again.
To be on the safe side I downloaded the latest Zone Alarm upgrade, and it looks as though we're all back to normal. But how would I have found all this out without a chance encounter with the IT guy?
It's like being foreclosed on and not having anyone to give you foreclosure help!
I was working on the Internet the other night when various sites became unavailable. One or two stuck with me, but after I closed the browser down, I couldn't get anything to load up again.
I tried undoing all the plugs and replacing them and checking all the wires and so on - the usual sort of thing. You always think it's a hardware problem. In fact the Internet was still functioning, because an AVG update went ahead and did its thing quite comfortably. It was only the browser that was out of action.
I discovered a temporary solution, resetting the browser back to its default. But while this worked perfectly on that occasion, when I tried it again, the browser was dead again.
Finally, by chance, I happened to be talking to the IT guy who fixed my computer up a few weeks back. He suggested it might be a problem that had arisen between Zone Alarm and the latest Microsoft updates.
Fortunately we have a laptop in the house as well as the PC, and in checking out Zone Alarm on Google I found reference to recent problems - as well as some solutions. I tried the easiest: switching Zone Alarm Internet Zone Security down to Medium, and voila!, everything worked again.
To be on the safe side I downloaded the latest Zone Alarm upgrade, and it looks as though we're all back to normal. But how would I have found all this out without a chance encounter with the IT guy?
It's like being foreclosed on and not having anyone to give you foreclosure help!
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Comment by Wilson Pon
Techno Stuffs
mindyourhealth
Thank goodness, after reading your post, I knew what is the main problem now and will get it settle asap...
Thank you for the great tip
Comment by Mike Crowl
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