boblandy
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join:2002-05-06
| reply to WLiley
Re: ZoneAlarm Anti-spyware update
said by WLiley  :So I uninstalled & reinstalled. Rebooted and got the AS update but what did this tell you, really, about the date of the def update?
undoubtedly they show on your machine as the date they were downloaded, and this does nothing to resolve the original question that was brought up here....
did i really find new 9/13 defs or was i 4 days late on ones dated 9/9
and until ZA elects to assign a version number to their updates, this same uncertainty will prevail
don't you agree
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boblandy
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join:2002-05-06
| reply to TK421
rather than your idea that ZA releases new defs on friday, i see a pattern developing of tuesday-ish releases...
8/10 ... wednesday
8/23 ... tuesday
9/6 ... tuesday
9/13 ... tuesday
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TK421
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join:2004-12-19
Canada
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DEF VERSION # |
But I think I just found the answer! Definition updates should show the version (not just the date) within the control panel but there IS a unique number assigned.
Right-Click the ZA systray icon, then select "About..." |
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TK421
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join:2004-12-19
Canada
| reply to boblandy
Anti-spyware signature DAT file version:01.200509.131
And BTW, looking at the signature file version it appears to indicate the release date 2005, 09, 13 ???
I checked the date on my own C:\Windows\System32\ZoneAlarm\spyware.dat file and it is 9/09... don't know how I got it four days early if that really is the numbering scheme. |
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boblandy
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said by TK421 :But I think I just found the answer! i think you did too. we'll watch for it to change with the next release. thanks
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WLiley
Woodman
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join:2000-12-01
Grand Blanc, MI
clubs:   | reply to boblandy
Yep, agree.
And add to that, the fact that forcing an update check will increment the timestamp of AV definitions (even when there is nothing new) while not incrementing the AS timestamp - tells me that they have work to do for both. |
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boblandy
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join:2002-05-06 | well at least the three of us have it figured out
now we'll just have to wait for zonelabs to get the picture
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