More than likely you saw the firewall message after updating because most firewalls are also designed to detect changes in programs sending internet requests and flag them (since the change could potentially be malicious spyware or a virus that modified the program.) Thus, you might not even remember a firewal request way back when you installed 7.0.0.55, and it's been following whatever policy you set ever since. Finally thanks to the big update to 76, the firewall setting was reset, much to your surprise! Version 55 definitely also connects to the internet to update the Home tab and check for updates, if permitted by local firewall settings.
You probably see a similar firewall request whenever IE or Firefox downloads an update, but don't think twice about it because you expect them to be connecting to the internet :) That's not to say there aren't legitimate questions about what data is being sent out from the program, of course; privacy and security are always important! Steve On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Mark Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I use ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite v8.0.059.000 on WinXP32-SP3. My > concern was whether or not Legacy was trying to send more than just page > requests. Some programs are intentionally written to "call home" for > various verifications, for error reports, to establish legitimacy, or to > share usage data. I had just installed Legacy v7.0.0.76 and when it > restarted, ZoneAlarm notified me that "Legacy Genealogy Software is > sending my 'home address' information to www.legacyfamilytree.com." I > hadn't even clicked on anything for Legacy yet to send a page request. > Since that was the first time that ZoneAlarm had given that particular > alert., it raised the question as to what was going on with Legacy. > > Since computer security is imperative, I didn't want to ignore the > issue. It's always better to be proactive rather than to look back and > ask "Why didn't I...." > > Thanks, Tim! > > > Mark Wilson *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
