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bi446@torfree.net (Christopher Anthistle) wrote in 
<Frrozx.rF.0.queen@torfree.net>:

>
>I checked some of the Windows Registry entries it made and was surprised 
>to find that in
>
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\Registration]
>
>the user information was in encrypted format. I do not know of any other 
>programs that do this.  What, I wondered are these guys hiding.  Why is 
>the user denied knowledge of what registry information is kept about him 
>or her.  This is my registry, not theirs.
>
>The full list of entries for this registry key is (encrypted data has 
>been removed, I replaced it with ="" ):
>
>"Address1"=""
>"Address2"=""
>"City"=""
>"Country"=""
>"EMailAddr"=""
>"Phone"=""
>"PostalCode"=""
>"RegisteredOrganization""
>"RegisteredOwner"=""
>"State"=""
>"WantEmail"=""
>"WantPost"=""
>"SurveyComputers"=""
>"SurveyNetConn"=""
>"SurveyPeople"=""
>"SurveyUse"=""
>
>Why, I wondered, are there any entries for
>
>"SurveyComputers"=""
>"SurveyNetConn"=""
>"SurveyPeople"=""
>"SurveyUse"=""
>

Just a query. Why go to the effort of encrypting it and then putting
it under such an obvious key with obvious key names?

If they were trying to hide something from end-users there are many 
other ways to do this. I think, as someone else suggested, its to ensure 
that no other programs can get your details.