Re: ZoneAlarm is blocking router

From: Volker Birk <bumens@dingens.org>
Date: Wed Mar 29 2006 - 09:02:43 CEST

Ian R <sorry@nospamthanks.com> wrote:
> I'm using the latest version of ZA (6.1.744.001).

Sincere concolences.

> Once in a while it pops up a Protected message saying that it has blocked
> access from the IP address of my router to my PC.

Great. And very useless.

> Looking at the firewall logs info it says "Packet sent from xxx (router ip)
> to xxx (pc ip) ICMP Echo Request was blocked.

OMN!

> Is it safe to add the IP of my router to the Trusted Zone?

It's safe to remove Zone Alarm and activate the Windows-Firewall.

Yours,
VB.

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Received on Mon May 1 01:03:14 2006