mig Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Gents,few days ago I was proposed by uTorrent to upgrade to the latest version, and I did.Since then, I noticed my pc from time to time seems to loose its connection.. after a deeper problem determination, I found out that Zone Alarm Pro firewall was blocking all my connectivity.The connectivity could be restored in two ways:1) lowering the security internet from high to medium2) closing uTorrentThis problem does not manifest itself immediately, but only after some hour uTorrent is running.The OS is a Windows XP Pro SP2, with Symantec Corporate AV9 and Zone Alarm Pro, the latest version (updated after the Microsoft patch who blocked the connectivity)Should I have to change firewall or do you have an update in your plans to solve this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Honestly, with ZA's track record, I'd ditch it for something better. (Yes the windows built in firewall IS better) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mig Posted September 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 The windows firewall does not pass the leak test.. and not only ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_firewalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 If you MUST use something other than the windows firewall, go with comodo.If you have a router, any software firewall on your system is useless (by the time the malicious software gets to your system, it's too late at that point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=292343#p292343Comodo Firewall Pro rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Egress filtering doesn't really work well, to be honest. Once your system is infected, it's not to be trusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_and_ted Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 I am experiencing a very similar crash. Its not all the time and only after a while.My setup is very similar to mig and I have Zone Alarm Pro too. It is a pain when the previous uTorrent version ran flawlessly and 1.8 (build 11813) seems to crash. If it is the firewalls causing it, due to some interaction, what is it? Also on another post you recommended they uninstall their Norton firewall. While you may not rate certain software firewalls its not a great plan to tell people to reduce their protection levels. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=357466Could you try replicate the issue and help us find a middle ground?Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 As soon as you find out what's causing the problem... Create a hang/crash, upload/send the .DMP file so they can analyze it. They don't have time to add/install/get software which you've presumably been running for months to go belly up.Software firewalls are stupid and useless when you're behind a router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 If you insist on a software firewall, then get Comodo. Unlike ZA, it doesn't have TrueVector crashing your entire system and generally causing problems with P2P apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_and_ted Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Reading up on comodo now.ill grab one of the dmp files next time it happens too.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mig Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Firewall is a must, even behind a router.. after CodeRed anyone should know.Ok, I changed to Comodo firewall, is too early to give am impression on it.. but I can confirm that version 1.8 needs some investigation, as everything is slower than before.. so I went back to 1.7x (don't remember now the exact version)tnx to all for suggestions :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Zone Alarm breaks things. If you continue to use it... so be it. If you don't want to do the investigation, enjoy your insecure uTorrent which can be crashed and possibly compromised from only 1 torrent file :/"Slower" doesn't help btw, you didn't mention anything in your first post about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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