xSteamerX Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Im getting A BSOD at random times.I suspect it is being caused by either ZA or Nod32, but not sure.Im running 1.8.1 Stable.Windows XP SP3.Zone Alarm Pro Firewall.Nod32 anti-virus.Starting apps - Online Eye ProRealtek HD Audio ManagerRiva TunerSteam2 Mni Dumps - http://rapidshare.com/files/154796311/Mini101408-01.dmphttp://rapidshare.com/files/154796331/Mini101608-01.dmpIf theres any way anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it. These problem's did not exist until I moved from version 1.7 to version 1.8.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Uninstall ZA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSteamerX Posted October 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Is that what is causing it? Id rather not go threw the trouble of having to learn and configure Comodo atm if that isn't the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Most likely yes. ZA is just so bad it should never be installed, and if a system is BSOD'ing it's the first thing that should go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 ZA crashes XP systems randomly and prevents Vista systems from shutting down. It's a very nasty firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Zone Alarm has a long history of being bad, untrustworthy software:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=271767#p271767It's so bad Azureus made a special wiki page for it:http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Zone_Alarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSteamerX Posted October 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Well it has worked well for years until the new updates from Utorrent/ZA (gives no problems OS wise for me). Either way, Ive heard and read enough things about this Israeli security company to want to get rid of it. Plus as I read, Comodo's firewall out performs it for even the free version. Haven't had enough time to use it and test it yet but will do soon and follow the setup guide for Utorrent that is stickied.Must say though, Versions of ZA YEARS ago were pretty good. Company sold out and went to shit like most do... =\I don't know to much about firewalls... Would I be better off just running threw my router without a software firewall and just open ports I need or run both. Atm I do not use my router at all and have a straight connection to modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 A router is a pretty good firewall so you really don't need a software firewall, just keep Windows patched, have AV, and don't download "porn" EXE's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSteamerX Posted October 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Well I installed Comodo (configured ports, etc, etc)yesterday and ran a short 1 hour test and it didn't crash. Im gonna have to run it for longer periods of time as they were random to begin with. Must say I do like the advanced configuration options that are in it. Far superior firewall to ZA. Hope this fixes my BSOD problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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