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WinMX / ZoneAlarm Pro freezes my machine! HELP PLEASEEEEEE!
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:17 am
by krrafferty
Hi everyone. Just joined the forum and it's great from what I've seen so far...
Think I have ZoneAlarm Pro configured properly. I set expert rules at the WinMX level to allow access to ports 6257 and 6699 for the proper TCP / UDP send and receive access. Also added a rule in the firewall section that allows my machine to use 6257 to send.
I start WinMX as a primary, add some server shares, do my searches, etc. and everything seems to be working fine - then after some time online the WHOLE DAMNED THING FREEZES UP AND I HAVE TO REBOOT! (Sorry for the caps but I'm soooooo frustrated.)
Oh, also I added a user account and I only run WinMX and Morpheus from there. Running Windows XP Pro, 1 gig memory, Norton and AdAware also running in the background.
Any help / ideas will be GREATLY appreciated - yah, I know ... get rid of ZoneAlarm, right?
Thanks,
krrafferty@mn.rr.com
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:42 am
by Red XIII
Uninstall ZoneAlarm, Use a registry repair tool, then go and get sygate's firewall here...
http://www.simtel.net/product.download. ... p?id=53687
ZoneAlarm and WinMX have a long history of bad issues with one another, so ur gonna have to eliminate ZoneAlarm to get WinMX working.
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:52 am
by Freezmizer
I agree, get rid of that POS and get a different firewall. Sygate personal firewall works great as a firewall and it is very effective and works well with WinMX.
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:21 am
by battye
What they said
Welcome to the forum
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:43 am
by Rat
I disagree - as is my wont....
However, welcome.
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:30 am
by ADi@/\/TUM
Agree to disagree.....
But I say get rid of Zone Alarm, will not be beneficial for WinMX....
It will never work the way you want it to
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:33 am
by ADi@/\/TUM
Agree to disagree.....
But I say get rid of Zone Alarm, will not be beneficial for WinMX....
It will never work the way you want it to
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:50 am
by Rat
Not so. It does work the way I want it to.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:30 am
by Vladd44
rat,
u connecting as primary or secondary?
most users with problems connect as primary with ZA.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:42 pm
by Red XIII
I had problems doing both kinds of connections with ZA so I now recommend Sygate over anything....
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:12 am
by Rat
Vladd44 wrote:rat,
u connecting as primary or secondary?
most users with problems connect as primary with ZA.
It works both ways.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:15 am
by solarloon
I would recommend sygate as well, but if you insist on za, i saw this posted at vladds by Lost Soul:
cant remember if i had posted this or not, but i have figured out the problem. seems ZA pro when on a primary will ask you if you wan too allow qinmx too send and recieve e-mail. sounds strange, i know it did too me, but at first i denied it. then after thinking about it, i went into my ZA control center, and allowed em. problem has completely cleared up for me. thanx again u guys are great Ill bet this would fix the problem