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  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    lewt wrote: »
    so giving my laptop to my brother to completely reinstal lwindows was not needed then :(

    If your problem was exactly what this thread was about then no. All you needed was to install/upgrade to the latest release of ZoneAlarm.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • Lugh_Chronain
    Lugh_Chronain Posts: 6,867 Forumite
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    I meant to mention this earlier. I notice that I've installed ZoneAlarm Spy Blocker which is directly under my Google tool bar. Should I remove this too before I installed the firewall?
  • Lugh_Chronain
    Lugh_Chronain Posts: 6,867 Forumite
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    Hooray! I managed to download ZA's firewall OK and decided to leave the ZoneAlarm Spy Blocker for now as I thought it would be a good idea to keep it for the time being. If anyone can advise otherwise then that would be gratefully welcome.
    Thanks for all the help! action-smiley-033.gif
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