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As your example proves, for the average user, third party firewalls and
anti-malware programs cause more problems than they solve.


Making a broad statement like that is not really a good idea. I've used
ZA for years from Win98 to XP Pro and haven't had one ripple of problem.
Other third party programs perform just fine on my machines. Once in
a while, a good program throws a clunker and needs to be fine-tuned.
That's all.

Questor