Task List
Name

PROGRAM &
MANUFACTURER

WHAT IT IS
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
Zapro ZAPro.exe

(Zone Labs)

 Zone Alarm Pro is an Internet firewall which runs in the background protecting your PC from hackers.  The Pro version is a more advanced version of the free Zone Alarm which you can find in our Downloads section.

Recommendation :
Vital !  Leave untouched.
Zcast ZCast.exe

(NetZero)		 ZCAST and CHKRAS are two background processes installed by the NetZero software.  NetZero is the largest free ISP in the US. In return for free Internet Access with NetZero, you are required to view advertisements while online.  This is done by means of the NetZero banner advertising window.  ZCAST and CHKRAS ensure that that window is always showing.  If it is not, because you terminated it through terminating CHKRAS, the window is restarted by ZCAST.  CHKRAS also in turn checks that ZCAST is running – if you closed ZCAST, CHKRAS restarts it !

Recommendation :
Interfering with either ZCAST or CHKRAS is in contravention of your agreement with NetZero, so if you want to enjoy free Internet Access through NetZero, you will have to put up with the advertising banner window.
Zm32nt ZM32NT.exe

(Aladdin Systems)		 ZipMagic, the Zip files utilities originally from Mijenix, then Ontrack, then VCOM, and now Aladdin Systems.  ZM32NT will appear in the Task List if you are either actively using ZipMagic, or if it has been minimized to the System Tray.

Recommendation :
The ZipMagic 98 version of ZipMagic interferes with Internet Explorer 5.0 with the result that the title bar of Internet Explorer displays only a single letter instead of the title of the page you are viewing.  If you have this problem upgrade to the latest version of ZipMagic.

ZoneAlarm

ZoneAlarm.exe

(Zone Labs)

Zone Alarm is an Internet firewall (available from our Downloads section) which runs in the background protecting your PC from hackers.

Recommendation : 
Vital !   Leave untouched.
Zupdate ZUpdate.exe

(Brilliant Digital)		 Program which gets installed with B3DUPDATE and which tries to communicate with Brilliant Digital’s servers.

Recommendation :
Read B3DUPDATE.