Well, since I don't use them now I don't know. Zone Labs, Grisoft or another user would have to tell you that.
I DO know that with some AV programs more than one icon IS required in the System Tray for **PROPER** and **FULL** functioning (or at least running in the BG if you have the icon set to "hide"). Many "active" programs (that have to go to the system tray) one installs can have several icons; of which a few of them if not all but ONE, are not even needed. Some cases more than one **IS** needed. Take Kaspersky for example. For it's FULL protection you need a minimum of 3 of it's executables running in the BG, but only one needs to be in the System Tray. Many, if not most program anti-malware installs are faulty or won't have full functioning in their default installation configurations. One can only find out these things by experimentation. On the other hand, many will load many UNNEEDED executables and DLL's, as well as icons in the System Tray that are NOT needed. You have to experiment with that as well. You need to run all the applicable tests at GFI and Eicar (I've mentioned so many times) to test your AV software. http://www.emailsecuritytest.com/ . A PROPERLY working and configured AV program will give you an alert at ALL of these 4 links at the bottom JUST by clicking them ALONE. http://eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm . If an AV program cannot pass these, it's either not setup and configured properly, or it's no good. As far as a properly working firewall program, I've posted links on that as well and the same holds true if one cannot pass all of these. http://www.dslreports.com/scan , http://grc.com/default.htm ("ShieldsUp" and "Leaktest"), http://www.pcflank.com/ , http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp , http://scan.sygate.com/ , http://www.h-ckerwatch.org/probe/ . (You have to replace - with "a" in the URL above for it to work). -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks, Clint ... I want to make sure I understand completely. With ZoneAlarm, I guess you mean the brown/yellow icon with the ZA letters on it. But with the AVG program, which one would I open in the System Tray ... the Control Center (which easily goes into the Tray) or the actual "AVG for Windows" icon? (which is the actual Test window, and I don't know how that goes into the Tray) ... Harold > > Windows 98 ... I have AVG (free edition) and ZoneAlarm (version 5.1). Question is, exactly what should I be keeping open while on the internet? In other words, when it comes to AVG and ZoneAlarm, what should I have in the System Tray (lower right hand corner of the Taskbar) and/or, what should I have going in the Startup tab of msconfig? > > Both of them. - -Clint Btw, life has become a lot more interesting with this computer since changing from Netscape to IE and from McAfee to AVG ... I have to thank Hugh for that (thanks, Hugh, I don't regret anything). Except two comments; only my opinion ... handling Bookmarks was much easier than handling Favorites, and Netscape's Bookmark Bar was more versatile than IE's Links Bar. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
