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SergeFan (fan@home.com) 2004/09/04 00:11

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Jaybird <Jaybird@nospamthanks.com> wrote in
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> On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:35:40 GMT, SergeFan <fan@home.com> wrote:
>
>>I just had to reinstall all my programs including zonealarm. Now I
>>find that I cannot decode movie files as long as zonealarm is turned
>>on. I do seem to remember someone saying in a post that the newer
>>version of that firewall caused similar problems for him. My question
>>is: Do I have to find another firewall program, or is there some
>>adjustment I can make to the zonealrm settings to permit me to
>>download and decode?
>>
>>Thanks for any help or advice..
>>
>>S.F.
>
> Hi S.F.
>
> You will probably receive a thousand answers to your query.
>
> The latest version of Zone alarm does not like Yenc files and does not
> pass them through the filter.
>
> Reload the previous version and all should be fine again.
>
> I received this advise from Agent help and several other NG users.  It
> proved to be correct and my system works fine now.
>
> I wonder what will happen with my other programs when I download the
> XP Service Pack 2.  Anyone have any feedback?
>
> Jay
>
>

Can't help you there..although I just downloaded the service pack today
with no problems yet.RE: WindowsXP...it has its own built in firewall; does
that eliminate the need for other programs such as ZoneAlarm?

S.F.

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