Zone Alarm 4.5.386 causing major lag....

[DragonQ0105]

Hi, when I'm playing my game, Age of Mythology, I experience major lag, but if I shutdown the TrueVextor Imaging Monitor (Zone Alarm's core program), it almost completely disappears! I have opened all of the correct UDP/TCP Ports as advised on the Microsoft website, and it doesn't help.

With another game, if I open the Ports, it can access the server, but it is about twice as slow as if Zone Alarm is off.

What could be causing this?

Windows XP SP2 (Fully Updated)
MSI KM2M Cobo-L Motherboard (Latest BIOS and Chipset Drivers)
512MB PC100 RAM (I know it's crappy, but it is to be upgraded)
AMD Athlon 2000+ (266MHz FSB)
19GB ATA100 5400RPM HDD
75GB ATA100 5400RPM HDD
Telewest Blueyonder 768Kbps Broadband (Cable, Always On)
GeForce2 MX400 (64MB VRAM)
Zone Alarm 4.5.386

 

[pechenegs]

zone alarm uses about 10% of resources, you could try using either kerio or sygate as alternatives? To configure Kerio, try this link. be careful if you uninstall ZA, it can leave instances of itself on your computer and block internet access, best to shut it off first and then remove.

http://www.dslextreme.com/users/surferslim/tpf.html

pech

 

[DragonQ0105]

But it was a lot more than 10%. I am currently using the Windows XP SP2 Firewall instead, and I experience no Lag, but I would like to use a proper firewall...