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Warning: Zone Alarm Pro (Personal Firewall)
Just wanted to share that it's a really bad idea to install and then uninstall Zone Alarm Pro. I recently downloaded and installed a trial copy. I was not able to reliably use FTP clients with the personal firewall activated, so I decided to uninstall it.

When I uninstalled it, my computer's TCP/IP configurations were totally screwed up. Initially, I could not connect to any host using ANY FTP client, but could access hosts via other client apps, like SSH and web browser.

Then I tried removing TCP/IP and re-adding (based on advice from my ISP). Now I cannot access any internet resource via any net client (including FTP, SSH, Web browser, etc.).

I believe that my ISP has changed their DNS Server's IP address, so that could be the problem, which I hope to figure out in the next day or so.

But the point of this thread is to warn you about Zone Alarm Pro and the possible problems you may confront with installing and later uninstalling it.
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me
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Thread Warning: Zone Alarm Pro (Personal Firewall) Stealth 7157 May 17, 2002, 7:05 AM
Thread Re: [Stealth] Warning: Zone Alarm Pro (Personal Firewall)
Paul 7089 May 17, 2002, 7:09 AM
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Wil 7061 May 17, 2002, 7:36 AM
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Eraser 7039 May 18, 2002, 2:38 PM
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Stealth 7008 May 21, 2002, 9:25 PM