I would strongly suggest you save your money and let someone else find out how good - or not - it is. From five pages of a Google search I found one review and that person was not impressed. Said nothing could be removed until the program was paid for. Try Googling it and look at the names of all the websites promoting it. Very few have confidence building names you'll notice. I cannot imagine downloading from a web site that has either 'cracks' or 'warez' in the title.

Built-in uninstall mode - run only the application's uninstaller without any additional scanning ->Safe uninstall mode - includes the Built-in mode and performs additional scans in the Registry and on the hard drive to find leftover items that are safe to delete. This is the fastest mode. ->Moderate uninstall mode - includes the Safe mode and performs an extended scan to find all of the application's leftover information in the most common places of the Registry and on the hard drive ->Advanced uninstall mode - includes the Moderate mode and performs a deep and thorough scan to find all of the application's leftover information in the Registry and on the hard drive. This is the slowest mode. Looks like you would be safe with advanced mode "performs a deep and thorough scan to find all of the (application's leftover information) in the Registry and on the hard drive.

f you are having problems deleting ZoneAlarm or experiencing problems with True Vector software, then try this fix. This instruction set is from Zone Labs. Do, this even if you think you have removed all of ZoneAlarm, you will be suprised. Please do the following. If any of the steps below do not apply to you, or you are unable to perform the function listed, please CONTINUE to the next step. 1. Open the ZoneAlarm program, go to the OVERVIEW -> PREFERENCES tab, and make sure the Load At Startup box is Unchecked. Close the program, then right-click on the ZA icon and select Shutdown. Wait 2 minutes before going on. 2. REBOOT. 3. You should now have no ZoneAlarm processes running on your system. 4. Click Start -> Programs -> Zone Labs -> Uninstall. Be sure to say YES to the security check. WARNING - Do NOT run the ZoneAlarm Uninstall program while in Safe Mode. The program may not be able to make the proper registry changes in Safe Mode, thus generating errors after a reboot. 5. REBOOT. 6. To make sure that you can see the ZoneAlarm system files, if they are still on your computer: a. Right-click on Start, then left-click on Explore. When the Windows Explorer panel appears: - In Windows 98SE: Click View -> Options (in Windows 98, this will be called "Folder Options"). Click the "View" tab, and then click the "Show all files" radio button. - In Windows ME, XP, 2000: Click Tools -> Folder Options. Click the "View" tab, then click the "Show hidden files and folders" radio button. b. Make sure you also uncheck the box to "Hide Protected Operating System Files" if you have one. c. When searching, be sure it searches ALL hidden files and folders. d. Click OK. IMPORTANT NOTE: Making modifications to system files may disable crucial functions of your Windows operating system. We strongly suggest re-enabling the "Hide files and folders" feature once all ZoneAlarm files have been removed. See the following web page, and verify that the files and folders are removed: 7. Click on Start, then Search or Find, and select Files. Make sure that the location box is set to search your local hard drive (usually C or All Local Drives. XP users, set advanced search options to search ALL files and folders! Type the following exactly - delete any folders found: zonelabs "zone labs" "Internet logs" Type the following exactly - delete any files found in \Windows or any subfolder below it, or in your \Temp folder): vsdata.dll vsdata95.vxd vsdatant.sys vsmon.* vsmonapi.dll vsnetutils.dll vspubapi.dll zaplus.* zapro.* zlparser.dll zonealarm.exe zoneband.dll vsinit.dll vsutil.dll (please right-click, Properties -> Version to be sure it is a ZA file. Do NOT delete this file unless it is a Zone Labs file!) GLB*.* (delete any of these that you find in any of your TMP or TEMP folders) Type the following exactly - delete any files found in any folder with "Programs" in the pathname): zapro zonealarm "zonealarm pro" (including quotes) 8. Make sure your Recycle Bin is empty (right-click and select Empty). 9. REBOOT

Okay. So I'm feeling reassured. I'll back up my data files again. Is there a simple command to back them all up at once - or a whole group at once. I'm sure the instructions are simple, but I've never done it. Grandms - I don't save most email, but I do save some. Some that are from a professional organization I'm on the Board of. Others that might include professional recommendations (plumbers, petsitters, etc) - things like that. I'm on a couple of listservs that often have very useful compilations of resources and professional recommendations.