lorodz Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi I have a problem with utorrent. Every time I run it and leave it for a few hours it would restart or show a BSOD. I did some googling and found this http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=9675&p=1 I've read that zone alarm or nod 32 might be causing the glitch that triggers the utorrent to restart. Unfortunately i am using both--zone alarm and nod32. That thread is almost 2 years old and I am wondering if the current utorrent, zone alarm or nod 32 can now work harmoniously. If not then, I understand that the only resolution is uninstalling za and nod32.I am hesitant to uninstall ZA and nod32 because I have been malware free ever since. What i did to 'resolve' my problem is to set my pc to restart every time a system crash and then set utorrent to run every time windows run. It's a never ending loop. but hey I'm able to download and upload files. Thanks Im using p4 windows xp sp2512 ramand 40 gig left on my hard driveutorrent 1.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Zone Alarm is a nasty firewall and has problems with all P2P. It's also known to crash systems with BSODs, among other issues. You should uninstall it under any circumstance.NOD32 is fine though, assuming you upgrade to v3. 2.7 is alright, but you should disable the IMON function (as it's a bit buggy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorodz Posted October 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 With zone alarm free edition, i dont have any problems with my computer, except running on utorrent. What free firewall would you suggest preferably that works well with utorrent? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Comodo Firewall is free and works very well. The Defense+ feature can be a bit annoying, but it can be disabled. There's even a configuration tutorial for Comodo here. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=292343#p292343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorodz Posted October 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 thanks a bunch firon. can I just disable zonealarm or do i have to uninstall it completely?by the way i used comodo before but the settings are kinda intimidating. Sorry im not a techie. Anyway, upon installing comodo, can i just install it as is without tweaking for utorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 You have to uninstall it. And you do need to configure Comodo, like other firewalls. But you don't need to figure out the settings for yourself, the thread I linked to details how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorodz Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 I Uninstalled Zone alarm free edition and installed Comodo firewall pro with the above instructions. And that solution ended the loop of my PC re-starting over and over and over...I now have Comodo firewall pro and Nod32 version 3.0.642.0 with NO problems yet. I have my PC running overnight and it didn't restart (whew)Whats great is that COMODO detected a VIRUS that NOD32 didn't detect(nod 32 antivirus database is up to date) And I thought NOD32 was the best. HA! Thanks Firon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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