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You probably have an above average tolerance for nuisance alarms.
I tried ZA once, and was frustrated by all the benign stuff it alarmed on.
Yes, you can tell it to ignore certain apps, but that takes patience
and a learning curve. Most newbies have no clue as to whether they
should approve a specific SVCHOST process or not.


But all those "benign alarms" is how ZA 'learns' what to block or allow
through. If you have Process Explorer on your system when one of those
alerts pops up that you aren't sure of go ahead and deny access, start
PE and see what it does. Hovering over the process in PE will show you
what the process actually does and what DLLs/EXEs are used. If it is an
OK process, then go back to ZA's Programs panel and allow it through.

I agree that it may intimidate some, but once done a couple of times it
becomes second nature.

Questor