Vista - Vista Outgoing Firewall

Hello all,
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| I noticed my pc was playing up for a few moments at certain times and
after
| a bit of trouble shooting i.e recently installed software, I tracked it
down
| to Paint Shop Pro XI.
|
| It relates to Protexislicensing, some licensing check.
|
| Searching google I found,
| http://ussenterprise.blogdns.net/blo...02/16/316.aspx
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| Ignoring the fact about individuals trying to crack it, my question is
about
| one of the posters mentioning about their 3rd party firewall highlighted
the
| culprit wanted access to the internet.
|
| Now my question is that I thought Vista checked outgoing connections,
should
| it too not of advised me about this service trying to access the internet?
|
| I used to have zonealarm on XP and found it very useful / informative..
Was
| I wrong ? should I get zone alarm again?
|
| Thanx