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Vista - Disk Defragmenter is attempting to access the Internet

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by ed woychowsky

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In an effort to bend Microsoft?s Vista to my will I?ve replaced the default firewall with Zonelabs ZoneAlarm. For those unfamiliar with ZoneAlarm it has the interesting feature of checking not only incoming traffice, but also outgoing traffic. Also, whenever an unauthorized program attempts network access the user is prompted on whether to allow or not allow the communication and whether the permission is temporary or permanent.

Last night during a defrag of Vista ZoneAlarm issued what was probably the most unusual prompt that I?ve ever seen in the eight years that I?ve used it:
?Disk Defragmenter is attempting to access the Internet.?

The only legitimate for this that I can think of is that the program is trying to defrag the Internet as well as my hard drive. While this isn't likely, it would explain the excessive amount of time that it takes to defrag.

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by dedlbug

Well, actually it doesn't make you wonder at all. Can you blame M$ for trying to make the world slightly less fragmented?

by locolobo

I was thinking that some programs like the free adobe reader seem to look for updates on their own. Maybe this one is configured to do the same on startup? You're right though, the regular defrag in the System Tools probably should be in Windows Update.

by neil higgins

it is trying to talk to home base,telling them that you are using the product,and that it is working ok.But I have seen the same message.

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