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apps that constantly want access Western Pacific 04-17-2005
Posted by Western Pacific on April 17, 2005, 10:43 am
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just what is it with these apps that demand internet access evertime
they launch? when you dont allow them access (with zone alarm in my
case) they immediately crash (like some spoiled child throwing a
crying tantrum) is there any way to run these apps WITHOUT internet
access and without crashing....


Posted by DevilsPGD on April 17, 2005, 8:36 am
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>just what is it with these apps that demand internet access evertime
>they launch? when you dont allow them access (with zone alarm in my
>case) they immediately crash (like some spoiled child throwing a
>crying tantrum) is there any way to run these apps WITHOUT internet
>access and without crashing....

Are we just supposed to guess what apps you're referring to?


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Posted by Jason Edwards on April 17, 2005, 12:09 pm
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> just what is it with these apps that demand internet access evertime
> they launch?

Could be checking for vital security updates to the application.
Could be trying to get additional information such as a CD title.
Could be reporting your usage habits anonymously.
Could be doing almost anything.
ZA isn't going to tell you which.

> when you dont allow them access (with zone alarm in my
> case) they immediately crash (like some spoiled child throwing a
> crying tantrum) is there any way to run these apps WITHOUT internet
> access and without crashing....

Probably, if you forget about ZA and use a properly configured external
firewall box to control what goes in and out.

Jason




Posted by elaich on April 17, 2005, 5:49 pm
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> just what is it with these apps that demand internet access evertime
> they launch? when you dont allow them access (with zone alarm in my
> case) they immediately crash (like some spoiled child throwing a
> crying tantrum) is there any way to run these apps WITHOUT internet
> access and without crashing....

Then don't run Zone Alarm. It's one of the poorer software firewalls to
begin with. Use Sygate, which will only insist on you registering on first
run. You can turn the automatic updates off, and unlike ZA, it does not
insist on being connected to home all the time.

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want to know is - why not?"


Posted by Darko Gavrilovic on April 18, 2005, 6:04 am
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> just what is it with these apps that demand internet access evertime
> they launch? when you dont allow them access (with zone alarm in my
> case) they immediately crash (like some spoiled child throwing a
> crying tantrum) is there any way to run these apps WITHOUT internet
> access and without crashing....

Howdy.

I have seen this behaviour as well, with a number of "name brand" programs
while running Zonealarm and Sygate. You might look through the option
settings and see if you can disable something or anything named "automatic
check" or "automatic update". If it's not there, there might be a registry
tweak posted on the vendors web site or somewhere to do this.

I haven't seen too many programs literally crash the system if you prevent
them from connecting - but there is always a chance.

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# make buildworld
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