Daylene Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Hi everyone, I have a windows me pc :/ with 667 mhz cpu and 128 mb of ram. I used to use norton 2004, but found it too resource heavy. I currently use zone alarm pro and am happy with it, so i'd like to try the suite with the av. What I would like to know, is the suite resource heavy? I need it to be ok on resources and keep a fast boot time. Is it good on resources? thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Better than norton, but I don't know how it stands up to the other suites. It probably will take 4000k more memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 ZoneAlarm Pro v5.5 suite takes about 12megs of ram space. Haven't noticed a slowdown on the computer but my system is pretty fast anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 I used to be a huge fan of ZA but had a program conflict with it (huge memory leak). So I switched over to kerio person firewall. Best switch I made. Lower memory footprint and easier to use IMHO. Give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Let me guess AthleticTrainer, you had problems with emule+ZA, then went to the emule forums and everyone there said to use Kerio. It's so weird, some people have problems with emule and ZA and some don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBonJoey Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 I doubt ZASS would run smooth on your PC. I recommend that you upgrade to XP w/ SP2 and use Windows Firewall and install a antivirus that's low on resource like NOD32 or AVG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedragon Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 I've been using ZASS since it's release, and I've had NO problems whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Let me guess AthleticTrainer, you had problems with emule+ZA, then went to the emule forums and everyone there said to use Kerio. It's so weird, some people have problems with emule and ZA and some don't. 585166977[/snapback] Don't use emule at all. It was with my PVR software (snapstreams beyond tv). When I do download, I use winmx and others. I honestly have never tried emule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Oh :huh: Then WinMX should have worked with it. Have you tried the zonelabs forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Oh :huh: Then WinMX should have worked with it. Have you tried the zonelabs forums? 585174319[/snapback] Don't get me wrong, winmx and ZA never had any problems, in fact nothing on my machine had any problems except ZA and snapstream. But both snapstream and ZA said it was a ZA problem, ZA admitted it first, but ZA has no plans to fix it, so I needed a firewall that doesn't start to consume 500 MB of ram when I use my PVR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Kerio (use version 4, a lot of people suggest the old version for some reason) is a good alternative. The interface is similar to ZoneAlarm, though some configuration is somewhat harder to do. Outpost Pro is also a nice alternative, but the interface and workings are significantly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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