Although I haven't any joy with ZAPro v3, there is an uninstall page for ZA.
http://www.zonelabs.com/services/support_install.htm Lists the info you've noted. And a support page with even more selections is here, http://www.zonelabs.com/services/support_za_zap.htm I'm also running 98SE and uninstalled, reinstalled several times (v.2.6 and v.3) But still not satified with v3. On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:34:57 -0600, Roger Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Barry and all, > >As I said, I have tried a number of Firewalls including Zone Alarm, Sygate, >Tiny Personal Firewall, Conceal and ( very briefly) Zone Alarm Pro and was >never really happy with any because of the resources they required and the >footprint. I decided to try the FREE version of Outpost. > >I like the way Outpost is open to configuration. One can build their own >plug-ins if desired. It is very user friendly, intuitive and sets a good >context. They also have two PDF guides for download on use and quick >start. I would advise they be read in order to get on top of the many >features offered, although the firewall can be used as is out of the box. I >am now experimenting with the plug-ins. Particularly the ad blocker. > >What a surprise I had when I went to uninstall ZA, to install Outpost, I >was cued that ZA did not uninstall. After a bit of investigating I found >the driver for ZA is loaded from the registry in the Shared DLLs/ > >I am running WIN98SE so am not sure about other platforms, but the culprit >for me was found here in the registry: >"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs" > >This is where windows loads its stuff at startup. > >After you get there look for any reference to VSDATA95.VXD. > >I also did a thorough search through my registry and eliminated ALL >reference to VSDATA95. > >I did a file snoop in the VSDATA95.VXD file and discovered it was indeed a >Zone Alarm file. That VXD file is the virtual driver for the firewall and >Outpost doesn't like to see it. I am furious that Zone Alarm would not >clean it up on uninstall. The driver keeps getting loaded even when one >takes out the ZA program. There is a bit of clean up necessary to get rid >of the log files as well. They are stored in the Internet Logs Folder :( > >I then did a disk search and eliminated the VSDATA95.VXD file from the >HD. So far so good and I have not found any probs with windows yet. But I >have not done a thorough SFC yet either. > >Good hunting, >Roger ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
