does having too much security on your computer slow down your internet?
just got a new computer with vista 64bit, installed avg and zone alarm. i also got a new net gear router. and my isp is with cox. the internet is fast but sometimes some pages take a long time to load. the isp provider said that when you have to much security it can slow your load times, is this true?
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:44 am
zone alarm is a bloated piece of trash, it hasnt been good software for many years now, it was once good but got bought up by some shady company. Besides if you have a router it has a built in hardware firewall which is better anyway. And just use the windows firewall for application control.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:45 am
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