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February 7, 2009 at 07:15 AM

Norton Antivirus 2009 and Zone Alarm

Hi !

I downloaded Norton Antivirus 2009 trial version.

My operating system is Windows XP.

My Windows XP Firewall was turned off.
I had installed Zone Alarm Free Firewall instead.
My computer was working normally.

I wanted to install an Antivirus on my computer.

I did a backup of my important files of my hard disk drive.

I tried to install Norton Antivirus 2009 in this configuration.
The setup succeeded.

I launched the Antivirus.

My computer froze.

There was a conflict between Norton Antivirus 2009 and Zone Alarm Free Firewall.

I rebooted my computer.

I tried to uninstall the Antivirus as quickly as I could.
It began.
After a few seconds, my computer froze again.

I rebooted my computer again.

I tried to uninstall Zone Alarm Free Firewall as quickly as I could.

My computer froze again.

I had to reboot my computer from the CD-ROM of my operating system to format my hard disk drive.

I reinstalled my operating system.
I had to install all my drivers.
It worked.

I installed Norton Antivirus 2009.

I didn’t setup Zone Alarm Free Firewall.

My computer worked again.

Please tell me why there is such a strong conflict between Norton Antivirus 2009 and Zone Alarm Free Firewall.

Thanks in advance.

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