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New Version of ZoneAlarm

Where did you get the information you posted above? A link would be helpful.

thanks,

»www.neowin.net/#

There is a link to CNet/Newscom. However, the link is taking forever to load. The must be some West Coast problem with the Internet, as I can't get Symantec, ZoneLabs to load, or are VERY slow.

»news.com.com/New+Zone+Alarm+to+w···nefd.top

reply to John2g
Thanks, John. I didn't have a problem getting either of those sites to load. Zone Labs and Symantec also load quickly for me.

If you look on the main page, there has been a problem with those sites hosted by akamai.

from Sans

It appears that websites that use Akamai's distribution system are currently not reachable. Security related web sites effected are symantec.com and trendmicro.com. Virus updates may fail as a result. Further details are currently not available and updates will be posted here as they become available. Thanks to Vidar Wilkens for alerting us of this problem.
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I like what is new to this 5.0!
»download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/i···.590.015

In particular- "Antivirus Monitoring - Helps manage other security solutions by alerting you when your antivirus protection [u]even from another vendor[/u] has been disabled or is out of date."

Now that sounds KEWL!;)
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reply to John2g
Words from Zone Labs:

Today, we're launching version 5.0 of ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Pro, and two new products: ZoneAlarm with Antivirus, and ZoneAlarm Security Suite! The web site is being updated now, and we should begin notifying customers through the "Check for Update" functionality very soon.

We are going to be discontinuing ZoneAlarm Plus and ZoneAlarm Pro with Web Filtering. Of course, we're going to move those customers for free to more powerful products. You can get full details from the "Frequently Asked Questions" links from this page:
»www.zonelabs.com/store/content/s···Main.jsp

We aren't changing anything about the price and availability of ZoneAlarm!
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reply to John2g
Has anyone done the upgrade yet?

I'm concerned about the anti-virus integration inteferring with KAV. I realize this can be turned off (it can, right?) or rather you download the version without the AV in it.

I keep getting some intermittent True Vector Shutdowns and wonder if they've solved that in this release. No biggie if no one knows.

Thanks for the news.
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Garbs,

I posted all the information that I know (at this time). If you run ZAPro now, update it. If you run ZA Free -- ditto. From the words on the site, it appears that the version with just the AV incorporated is ZA Free + AV (and will not be free): »www.zonelabs.com/store/content/c···zaav.jsp

If you now run one of the discontinued projects, follow the link above.
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reply to John2g
Thanks marti.

I run ZAP, and it appears as though the AV functionality will now come as a part of this upgrade, but it will "alert you when your antivirus protection (even from another vendor) has been disabled or is out of date."

I wonder how much of a pain in the tush this is gonna be because I'm sure that ZoneLabs was able to work with all the major AV companies out there, and test this new version with & against their code so that everything runs flawlessly. [/end sarcasm]

I'm looking forward to the plethora of threads on the net about this. Hehe.

Thanks again marti for the info -- this is just me ranting, forgive me. I look forward to a day when everything will work seemlessly together.

I just have a bad feeling about this. But alas, I have not downloaded anything yet nor installed anything. I will report back with any updates.

Take care.

Dg

Edit: typos
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reply to John2g
A little more information on what's included in the updates.

ZAPro: »download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/i···ory.html

ZAFree: »download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/i···ory.html
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reply to Garbs
Garbs,

I don't think an AV program comes with the Pro update. You can of course, turn off functions that you don't want/need.

I agree with you Marti. From what I am reading in the links Zone Labs has not actually added an A/V to ZAP or ZAF for that matter, they have just added a function to alert you when your A/V is not working.
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reply to John2g
I hope they fixed/improved the privacy part in ZA5 though I doubt they had time to fix the "popup=high cpu usage" bug if they were not aware of it until recently. Also new techniques used by pop ups are now able to get through the protection where in the past they were blocked.

Quale
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reply to John2g
"Use this convenient comparison grid to decide which Zone Labs product suits your needs."

reply to SigmaSix

said by SigmaSix:

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Also new techniques used by pop ups are now able to get through the protection where in the past they were blocked

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The sites you have listed are minor offenses compared to some of the other sites I seen with pop-ups that are now getting through. But it’s not even so much the poor blocking, it’s the high CPU usage and pauses when certain types of pop ups are used and ZA tries to block them.

If fact the privacy controls in the current state are so poor I was going to have to disable it and select another product like ad-muncher or something similar to shield me from the nuisances.

But hopefully when I get home and test the new version it has improved, though my hopes are not high since the issues listed have been with the privacy feature for many versions. I have hope in the future that they will address this as I sent in a Beta Bug report and contacted IGGY, I am sure he will stress these points to the right people at ZL.

Quale
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reply to John2g


... when I hit 'check for updates' in ZAP it says I'm up to date, but obviously I'm not ... I actually have ZAPro with Web Filtering 4.5.594.000, and it seems they're doing away with that version ... wonder if I'll have to wait, or try the links posted ...

... oh well, no rush ... f w i w ...
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reply to John2g
I moved my post to the security forum.

reply to SigmaSix

said by SigmaSix:

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The sites you have listed are minor offenses compared to some of the other sites I seen with pop-ups that are now getting through

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