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Tue, 04 Dec 2007

Will SpamFree make our website spam-free?

In addition to Akismet and Bad Behavior, I also installed WP-SpamFree on the Amity website. I'm curious to see if this plugin will really "virtually eliminate automated comment spam" as promised.

Posted on 04 Dec 2007 at 14:27 in /technology/internet. -- Permalink

ZoneAlarm woes

I spent one and a half hours this morning trying to install and run a "ZoneAlarm Security Suite" update. The problem is, it simply doesn't run - the only thing it did is make my computer hang. The "Windows Task Manager" displayed CPU load constantly at 100%. Finally I uninstalled it and went back to the previous version. Also, I disabled the anti-virus function - I'm using Avira AntiVir now, a free and (in my experience) reliable program.

I had to reboot 4 times in the process. Under Linux, normally you needn't even shut down any program while updates are being installed.

I wonder why I fell into the trap again ... It's not the first time that ZoneAlarm publishes an update which wreaks havoc on my computer. Well, thank you ZoneLabs, and thank you Windows in the first place.

Posted on 04 Dec 2007 at 11:18 in /technology. -- Permalink


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