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Interpreting zalog.txt
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Privacy Settings

Here is the front page of the privacy settings

Privacy Settings

You can change some of the privacy settings just by clicking on one of the x's or one of the checkmark
Then selecting either allow or block.

allow or block

Or you can right click on the site, and select options. Or click on the site and click the options button in the lower right corner.

select options

and then you get

Cookie page

And on this page you can change the options to have to do with Cookies.
Then if you click on the Ad Blocking tab you get this page

Ad Blocking

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Where you can make adjustments to the add blocking capabilities.
Now click on the Mobile Code Control and you get

Mobile Code Control

Where you can change what kinds of scripts you want to block.
And by adjusting the settings in this fashion, you are customizing the settings on a per site basis.

But by far the best way of figuring out what you need to customize on what site is to turn the privacy advisor on.
You do this in the cookie control settings page
And to get there you go to the privacy section in ZoneAlarm and click the custom button in the cookie section

cookie control

Its at the bottom of the page.
Once you check that and surf to a site you get this kind of popup

Privacy Advisor Popup

And what you need to do is remember what it is telling you is being blocked,
then you click where it says to and it will take you to the site that needs customizing, as well as highlighting it.

Privacy Advisor results

Go ahead and make whatever changes you want. Then this Icon will appear in the Edited column.

icon

This happens no matter how you customize the settings on the site.


Something else you need to know about the Site list is that there are a few ways to reset it.
  1. Reboot windows
  2. Turn ZoneAlarm off and then back on
  3. Turn the privacy settings off and then back on
  4. Crash your system (not suggested)
Also on occasion the list will be reset totally after a crash, or other event that causes the settings database to be reset.
If you decide that one of the sites on the list needs to go away, right click on it and select remove

remove
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