"ArmA II OA has stopped working" FIXED, Zone Alarm is causing the problem!

[Stanley]

This is an answer to people having the same problems that are explained in this thread:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1416088

The fix is found in the last two pages of the thread:

Zone Alarm is what's causing the problem, to fix it you have to completely uninstall Zone Alarm, just shutting it down won't do, you have to uninstall it and restart in order to get Arma 2 OA to work.

After reading the thread all the way through I found the last few posts about Zone Alarm and I uninstalled it and restarted and now ArmA II OA works fine, just shutting down Zone Alarm didn't work I had to completely uninstall.

[Dwarden]

thanks for telling us ... another 'security suite/software' hate our game

[Stanley]

Would you mind putting a sticky up? I was searching for a long time before I decided to read the thread all the way through, so I could imagine there's a lot of other people that can be helped if the answer is right up there in a sticky, not everyone is going to read the whole thread like I did.

[Jeraller]

Thanks, thanks, thanks an thanks. Ypu save me like 50 $ because this problem not only kill my game of ArmA II OA, the metro 2033(pre-order and never finish because that) is another game. I try all (close of use the beta and redowloanding(done with Metro 2033 moths ago) the game).

Thank you again

[w0bbl3r]

Originally Posted by Dwarden

thanks for telling us ... another 'security suite/software' hate our game

But wasnt zonealarm around long before OA? So its basically you guys not developing for one of the most popular free firewalls in the world, isnt it?
I have had to change my firewall to run this crappy game (and still get terrible performance), so do you think you could patch it so I can change back? I prefer zonealarm to pretty much all other firewalls (free ones anyway), so I would like to get it back again at some point

[Lt Robert Cole]

Originally Posted by w0bbl3r

(and still get terrible performance)

It's either time for an upgrade or time for you to go back to CoD.

[i_2_i]

Originally Posted by Dwarden

thanks for telling us ... another 'security suite/software' hate our game

nah it's just how zonealarm and some other security suites work.

[i_2_i]

you may want to use microsoft security essentials, it is free and pretty well and works great with arma ii, save your money for more games. i have it runs great...

[Dwarden]

i use Avast 5 and i'm never had issue with the free version nor the Security Suite

[w0bbl3r]

Originally Posted by Dwarden

i use Avast 5 and i'm never had issue with the free version nor the Security Suite

But avast is antivirus, not firewall, right?
I use avast AV, but it doesnt protect like a firewall, letting me know when things are trying to access or accept connections from the net.
If there is an avast firewall dwarden let us know, and please provide a link, as I love the AV software and wouldnt mind giving their firewall a try if they have one.

[Dwarden]

Avast security suite has own firewall aswell
anyway what i mean with the answer is that some of the suites works flawlessly
some cause weird issue and some completely prevent the product to run

Avast internet suite cost money btw.
http://www.avast.com/internet-security

e.g. F-secure has something like deep or dynamic inspection/analyse mode
and if that is enabled (or no rules set for our games / steam)
then it flat out deny the process from starting