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Article #326Re: Zone Alarm - Why I don't trust it
From: John Corliss
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00
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Lordy wrote: > jcorliss@ccountry.net (John Corliss) wrote in > <38DCA50F.505819FC@ccountry.net>: > > >I'm running a Pentium 90 still. And what slowed down was ALL of my > >surfing. It seems like I went to having a 14,400 bps modem from a 56 k. > >It was probably due to my old computer. Zone Alarm probably has little > >or no effect on newer and faster computers. > > How much memory do you have? 32 megs > > Haw many processes are running? Dunno. > Adding an extra process (ZA) could have started your programs swapping out > to hard disk. > Is there more hard disk activity ? Especially when switcing windows? > > If so > 1) Cut down on number of processes running at the same time > 2) Get a freeware memory utility from Tucows > 3) Buy some more memory (though you may be at the stage of considering > a new motherboard/CPU/mem combo) > > Andy L Actually, want a new computer altogether. However, fixing my Harley was a higher priority. I'll get by. There's nothing on my system that anybody can use against me anyway. And if they tried, I'd simply hunt them down like a dog and kill them. -- John "and I ain't joking" Corliss '69 FLH Homepage at: http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/ Virtual Bar and Grill F.A.Q. at http://home.earthlink.net/~mildness/yo/frames/faqv2frm.html alt.comp.freeware F.A.Q. at http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/FAQ/FrameSet1.html
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