Originally Posted by rcrico

hey i see u have helped someone b4 with zonealarm.....i was hoping u would be able 2 help me 2...my zonealarm is messing everything up i know its the source so i keep trying to uninstall it but just b4 it uninstalls the computer reboots....i've tried to untick the "load at startup" but nothing happens the check mark wont check off....any ideas how i should remove this out of my computer??

Thank you very much,

Ric

The way to get rid of all of Zone Alarm is as follows:

1B. Open the ZoneAlarm Pro program, go to the OVERVIEW >>
PREFERENCES tab, and make sure the Load At Startup box is UNchecked.

3. REBOOT.

(If you cannot UNcheck this box open the Task Manager and end all ZA processes.
Refer to the file lists below to ID ZA processes).

4. You should now have no ZoneAlarm/ZoneAlarm Pro processes running
on your system.

5. Now run Start, Programs, Zone Labs, Uninstall. Be sure to say YES
to delete all files, and you MUST allow TrueVector service to shut
down in order to remove files.

WARNING - Do NOT run the ZoneAlarm Uninstall program while in Safe
Mode. The program may not be able to make the proper registry
changes in Safe Mode, thus generating errors after a reboot.

6. REBOOT.

7. To make sure that you can see the ZoneAlarm/ZoneAlarm Pro system
files, if they are still on your computer:

a. Right-click on Start, then left-click on Explore. When the
Windows Explorer panel appears:
- In Windows 95,98,and NT: Click View>Options (in Windows 98, this
will be called "Folder Options"). Click the "View" tab, then click
the "Show all files" radio button.
- In Windows ME, 2000: Click Tools>Folder Options. Click the "View"
tab, then click the "Show hidden files and folders" radio button.

b. Make sure you also UNcheck the box to "Hide Protected Operating
System Files" if you have one.

c. Click OK.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Making modifications to system files may disable
crucial functions of your Windows operating system. We strongly
suggest re-enabling the "Hide files and folders" feature once all
ZoneAlarm/ZoneAlarm Pro files have been removed. See the following
web page, and verify that the files and folders are removed:

8. Click on Start, then Search or Find, and select Files. Make sure
that the location box is set to search your local hard drive
(usually C or All Local Drives.

Type the following exactly - delete any folders found:

zonelabs
"zone labs"
"Internet logs"

Type the following exactly - delete any files found in \Windows or
any subfolder below it, or in your \Temp folder):

vsdata.dll
vsdata95.vxd
vsdatant.sys
vsmon.*
vsmonapi.dll
vsnetutils.dll
vspubapi.dll
vsutil.dll
zaplus.*
zapro.*
zllictbl.dat
zlparser.dll
zonealarm.exe

Type the following exactly - delete any files found in any folder
with "Programs" in the pathname):

zapro
zonealarm
"zonealarm pro"

Type the following exactly - delete any files found in the registry:

ZAMailSafe
ZoneAlarm
Zone Alarm

Some that could be in the registry:

vsdata.dll
vsdata95.vxd
vsdatant.sys
vsmon.*
vsmonapi.dll
vsnetutils.dll
vspubapi.dll
vsutil.dll
zaplus.*
zapro.*
zllictbl.dat
zlparser.dll
zonealarm.exe

Open the Internet Logs directory (in 95/98/ME this will
be "c:\windows\internet logs", in NT and 2000 it will be
c:\winnt\internet logs, in Windows XP it could be either of these
folders). If you need to keep a copy of old alerts, copy the
ZAlog.txt file to another location first - then delete ALL files in
this folder.

9. Make sure your Recycle Bin is empty (right-click and select
Empty).

10. REBOOT


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