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What is this esteemed group's general impression of the technical support offered by ZoneLabs? I have been using ZA Internet Security Suite (ISS) for several months now. With a recent, ZA-"pushed" online update, I started getting messages that mantispm.exe was detected as exhibiting key-logging behaviors. What's weird is that mantispm.exe is apparently part of the MailFrontier anti-spam piece of ZA's ISS. So what's the deal with the key-logging behavior??? I contacted ZA via their online tech support to ask that question but, unfortunately, the support I'm getting is in the form of one-line non-answers. Here's the "conversation" thus far (with the boilerplate crap removed): ZA (replying to my online inquiry): I understand that you are wondering about the alert mantispm.exe. These need to be allowed for the junk mail filter to work properly. It does monitor key strokes for security reasons. Me: Would you be so kind to explain the reason why ZA reports that mantispm.exe might be keylogging? This seems to be totally inconsistent behavior with what I thought an anti-spam application ought to be doing, which is strictly to monitor incoming mail. And, if it is part of ZA, why is ZA warning me about this? ZA: You are alerted because the file is a partner file that can be updated with out updating the entire Zone Alarm program. It monitors keystrokes to prevent a mass mailing that was not sent by you. Me: So, if I decide to permanently DENY this program, will I negatively impact functions other than the ability of ZA to detect mass mailing from my PC? I am VERY adverse to ANY keystroke monitoring. ZA: It may impact other features of the e-mail protection. Me: Excuse me for being blunt, but that is a lazy answer. It doesn't tell me squat. Please try again. I appreciate answers that educate me so that I can make the proper decision based on my needs. ZA: If denied it will not filter your mail correctly. Me: Your answer still does not help me. If you are too unfamiliar with this application to be able to answer intelligently, could I ask you to please elevate this to the next level of ZA's support hierarchy? In what way, specifically, will my mail not be filtered correctly? Will it be filtered at all? Or will just the function that detects mass mailing from my PC be disabled? What would happen if I were to use a non-email-client application to send email from my PC with this mantispm.exe enabled? /\/\/\/\/\/\ I sent off that last response a few minutes ago. I am so frustrated with the lack of intelligent answers that I am seriously considering not upgrading when the one-year license expires later this year. Comments / opinions / suggestions appreciated! - Dan
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