Zone Alarm Removal Tool
Bear Bottoms
"Zone Alarm is a well known internet security package and most of the time
it works fairly well. However, because this application has to sink its
hooks deep into a Windows to protect the operating system, it can cause
serious problems when the application does not uninstall correctly.
It seems, based off Zone Alarms official forums that there are a lot of
people having trouble removing Zone Alarm and this is where the Zone Alarm
Removal Tool comes in. Its a small, portable and freeware and its probably
a good idea to have on your USB drive since you probably wont be able to
connect to the internet to download it if you encounter these problems with
Zone Alarm."
Downloads:
Download from Official Site � 3.3mb
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/support/cpes_clean.exe
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Bear Bottoms-Freeware Researcher Extraordinaire
Freeware website: http://bearware.info
Nicetameetya
[Default] On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:11:29 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms
<bearbo...@gmai.com> told us in complete confidence:
>It seems, based off Zone Alarms official forums that there are a lot of
>people having trouble removing Zone Alarm and this is where the Zone Alarm
>Removal Tool comes in.
Wish this had been around a few years ago when I first tried to remove
ZAP. It was a nightmare until their support people faxed me through a
three pages of step-by-step instructions. That was after I had to
phone their head office in San Francisco from New Zealand. Even though
I had another two years to run on my license was so happy to get the
resource sucking monster off my system that I've never regretted
removing it.
What surprises me is that ZoneAlarm hasn't improved their product and
that customers are still having the same problems.
Bear Bottoms
news:oKadnTZae_7xTS_X...@giganews.com:
> Bear Bottoms <bearbo...@gmai.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9C8934E3B5ADDb...@188.40.43.213:
>
>> Zone Alarm Removal Tool
>>
>> "Zone Alarm is a well known internet security package and most of the
>> time it works fairly well. However, because this application has to
>> sink its hooks deep into a Windows to protect the operating system,
>> it can cause serious problems when the application does not uninstall
>> correctly. It seems, based off Zone Alarms official forums that there
>> are a lot of people having trouble removing Zone Alarm and this is
>> where the Zone Alarm Removal Tool comes in. Its a small, portable and
>> freeware and its probably a good idea to have on your USB drive since
>> you probably wont be able to connect to the internet to download it
>> if you encounter these problems with Zone Alarm."
>>
>> Downloads:
>> Download from Official Site � 3.3mb
>>
>> http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/support/cpes_clean.exe
>>
>
> I've been wanting to remove Zone Alarm Pro for some time in favor of
> the free Online Armor Pro that many of us downloaded when it was
> offered awhile ago.
> The last time I uninstalled Zone Alarm, I think I may have had
> trouble logging on to the net again. I may either have to create a
> disk image, or backup my registry first before uninstalling. The
> problem with backing up the registry before uninstalling is that there
> are so many strings in the hives that are linked to Zone Alarm,
> there's going to be quite a few alerts when booting up with a restored
> registry and no Zone Alarm installed. The only solution at that point
> would be to use Regseeker to pick out each Zone Alarm string one by
> one. I also have a Zsoft Uninstaller log, and I can use that for a
> 2nd uninstall, but once again I'm worried about net connectivity when
> removing possible Winsock registry strings that Zone Alarm may have
> attached itself to.
>
> Here's a good ZA forum thread:
>
> TCP/IP connections broken after using cpes_clean.exe
>
> http://forums.zonealarm.com/showthread.php?t=63815
>
>
>
> I think I've tried their uninstall tool in the past. My question is
> how can it cover every version of Zone Alarm since each one has its
> own upgrades, and probably adds different registry strings. You just
> have to hope that those registry additions are all in the same
> standard ZA keys and the uninstaller deletes all standard registry
> keys.
>
>
> In the event I have a problem (I've used LSPfix in the past), I just
> downloaed this tool that's recommended on Tacktech.com:
>
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network-Tweak/WinSockFix.shtml
>
>
>
Why developers create software that presents a nightmare uninstall
puzzles me. It only creates hate for their products. ComodoPFW does a
great job and uninstalls cleanly. I'm no longer real fond of third party
firewalls and seem to be very satisfied with the one provided with
Windows. I tried to get excited about third party firewalls, with all the
bells and whistles, but I just want a firewall that works without ever
hearing from it (or very very rarely.) I've become very annoyed with
alerts. Security software IMO should be quite and only very seldom find
the need to bother you. At any rate, this is where my current emotions
have taken me. If I experience a serious infection, I may change my
mind...until then Windows firewall and FreeRAV. Less is best! ...silence
is bliss!
Oldphart
>
>
>
> I think I've tried their uninstall tool in the past. My question is how
> can it cover every version of Zone Alarm since each one has its own
> upgrades, and probably adds different registry strings. You just have to
> hope that those registry additions are all in the same standard ZA keys and
> the uninstaller deletes all standard registry keys.
>
>
> In the event I have a problem (I've used LSPfix in the past), I just
> downloaed this tool that's recommended on Tacktech.com:
>
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network-Tweak/WinSockFix.shtml
>
>
+1 for the LSPfix. Particularly useful tool after cleaning malware
that has altered network settings and protocols used by the operating
system.