Steve H wrote :
>
> I recently replaced my AV which was starting to become bloatware with a lean
> and mean AV that I am so far impressed with.

May one ask what was replaced by what?

> ZoneAlarm, I was amazed at how big the download was. ZoneAlarm has been
> moving in the direction of bloatware for a few years now.

The latest versions of ZAFree includes a 30-day trial version
of ZA Internet Security Suite (?), which causes (partly) the
excessive size of the download, the ZAFree part is less.

If you want a smaller version of ZAFree, pick 5.5.094 of 4.5.594:
http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/fre...seHistory.html

> Any comments on the Comodo firewall?

I switched from ZA to Comodo about 5 months ago.
After getting used to it, I can see no need to go back to ZA.
;-)

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Fred Wening (NL)