ch34p5hot Posted January 6, 2006 CID Share Posted January 6, 2006 i just downloaded ZoneAlarm I'm just wondering what the red and the green internet bars mean? and if there is a way to tweak these bars because i noticed the more green the faster my tests were. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10302-zonealarm-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkandra Posted January 7, 2006 CID Share Posted January 7, 2006 i just downloaded ZoneAlarm I'm just wondering what the red and the green internet bars mean? and if there is a way to tweak these bars because i noticed the more green the faster my tests were. No you can't tweak the colored lines. Those represent the good going in and out and the red is the bad that has been stopped It would be nice if we could. I would have done it and told everyone about it. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10302-zonealarm-help/#findComment-107652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags4560 Posted January 7, 2006 CID Share Posted January 7, 2006 The green bar represents incoming traffic, while the red represents the outgoing traffic. It doesn't necessarily mean that it is bad. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10302-zonealarm-help/#findComment-107678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted January 7, 2006 CID Share Posted January 7, 2006 ZoneAlarm itself will slow down your download speeds. I wouldn't be too worried about the bars, they only show when data is being transferred, otherwise it says ZA in the system tray. If you want to accurately test your download speed, you will have to shut down ZA. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10302-zonealarm-help/#findComment-107688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted January 7, 2006 CID Share Posted January 7, 2006 Tech support indicates ZA may use more resources and be slower when first installed. The colored bars flashing are perfectly normal. http://www.nohold.net/noHoldCust25/Prod_1/Articles55646/HighCPU.html Running the free version, do not notice any different speeds when compared with using just the XP built in firewall. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10302-zonealarm-help/#findComment-107783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHalf Posted January 7, 2006 CID Share Posted January 7, 2006 I am using ZA 6.1.737Pro and it's just a matter of configuring ZA to allow trusted traffic between your PC and the internet. I run ZA 24/7 and it never slowed down my speeds here or at DSLReports-----> http://www.dslreports.com/archive?zip=14213&dnsdom=&start=Search. So you may want to read more into the ZA instructions or obtain the Pro version. TheHalf Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10302-zonealarm-help/#findComment-107786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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