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skydiver
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Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject:
Why does ZA give permissions without asking? |
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According the FAQs, ZoneAlarm is supposed to ask me before it allows
anything to access the internet. Not so. Sometimes it gives programs
permission without asking me. Sometimes those are programs I've never heard
of, and didn't install. I have no idea where they came from. I didn't
download nor install them, and have no idea how they obtained ZA permission!
I'm not talking about some of the common processes such as Generic Host
Process, LSA Shell, Windows Explorer, etc. I'm talking about bona fide
application software that appears out of the blue, and obtains ZA permission
automatically. I delete the ZA entries of course and it never returns (so
far), but it remains a mystery where it came from, and how it obtained ZA
permission without asking me. I suspect it's a bug in ZA, but can't be sure.
Yes, I have tested thoroughly for viruses, trojans, and spyware with the
usual software but nothing is found. Anybody else have the same experience?
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skydiver
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P.S. If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving's not for you. |
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phoenix
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Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject:
Re: Why does ZA give permissions without asking? |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:01:31 GMT, skydiver wrote:
| Quote: | According the FAQs, ZoneAlarm is supposed to ask me before it allows
anything to access the internet. Not so. Sometimes it gives programs
permission without asking me. Sometimes those are programs I've never heard
of, and didn't install. I have no idea where they came from. I didn't
download nor install them, and have no idea how they obtained ZA permission!
I'm not talking about some of the common processes such as Generic Host
Process, LSA Shell, Windows Explorer, etc. I'm talking about bona fide
application software that appears out of the blue, and obtains ZA permission
automatically. I delete the ZA entries of course and it never returns (so
far), but it remains a mystery where it came from, and how it obtained ZA
permission without asking me. I suspect it's a bug in ZA, but can't be sure.
Yes, I have tested thoroughly for viruses, trojans, and spyware with the
usual software but nothing is found. Anybody else have the same experience?
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How about some details of your operating system, ZA version and release and
what these programs are. Have you also checked to see if you have ZA set to
'learn' mode? FWIW, I've never seen this behaviour in ZAP.
Regards
Bill |
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Nick Roberts
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:19 am Post subject:
Re: Why does ZA give permissions without asking? |
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"skydiver" <abso@lut.ely> wrote:
| Quote: | I need answers, not questions.
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Skydiver, you need to answer the expert's questions, in order to enable him
to help you, something which he is offering to do for you /free/.
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Nick Roberts |
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skydiver
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:19 am Post subject:
Re: Why does ZA give permissions without asking? |
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| I need answers, not questions. |
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phoenix
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject:
Re: Why does ZA give permissions without asking? |
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:06:05 GMT, skydiver wrote:
| Quote: | I need answers, not questions.
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If you had posted those details in your first post I wouldn't have had to
ask you questions. I'm not a mind reader and need to know the answers to
those questions to try and answer your questions. Here's a another one for
you: have you done a virus/adware/spyware/trojan scan of your system
recently?
Programs don't get permission to access the internet without you giving it
to them *or* the settings are wrong.
Regards
Bill |
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Arthur Hagen
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:
Re: Why does ZA give permissions without asking? |
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skydiver <abso@lut.ely> wrote:
| Quote: | I need answers, not questions.
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Ok, ok, point taken.
The answer is that you have a pebkac situation, and honestly, I think the
only sensible first step is to have the bad component larted.
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*Art |
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