avast is not recognized by ZoneAlarm 5.0.590.015?

Here (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/promotions/zass/upgrade_index.jsp) you can read:

To qualify for the competive upgrade offer you must have purchased software from one of the following antivirus vendors: BlackICE™ (ISS), McAfee® (Network Associates, Inc), Norton™ (Symantec, Inc), Panda (Panda Software, Inc), or PC-Cillin™ (Trend Micro, Inc) on or after January 1, 2002.

Why avast is not recognized as an antivirus application by ZoneAlarm 5.0.590.015 version? :‘( :’( :cry:

Here is a revision list of the new Zone Alarm

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Pro version 5.0.590.015

AlertAdvisor - Provides automatic program configurations
Antivirus Monitoring - Helps manage other security solutions by alerting you when your antivirus protection (even from another vendor) has been disabled or is out of date
Alert Viewer - New Alert viewer functionality organizes log details by feature category
Various other enhancements for increased reliability of operation

sad but true :cry:

I’ll try with NOD32 and i’ll report back. Strange they didn’t impliment support for such great AV (avast!). Alwil team should mail them asap!

Sometimes I think I can only post answers in this forum not questions ;D
Silence from Alwil :-X

Well i think its not so critical. NOD32 also isn’t recognized and its the one of the best AVs available. Something is strange about this. I saw some McAfee and Norton only text around…

Me too :cry:
I’m impatiente to have an answer from Alwil ;D

ZAF setup refused to install the program 'cause I have installed eTrust and KPF on my machine. I uninnstalled them and installed ZAF, after that it showed that I have no AV on my machine, so I tried to install etrust again and ZAF detected it after I restarted my pc without any alerts ??? ???
strange indeed ::slight_smile:

Well i think its not so critical. NOD32 also isn't recognized and its the one of the best AVs available.
I temporarily installed to see for myself and I have more bad news. F-Secure is not detected either!

NOD not detected :frowning:
F-Secure Not Detected >:(
Avast Not detected >:( >:( >:(

You should also be aware that ZA has been bought out by another company but I forget the name. This may have some bearing on why it does not detect avast! in the new version. >:(

I see the downfall of ZA coming. :cry:

If you use the free Zone Alarm this is why

"The Antivirus Monitoring feature is only available in ZoneAlarm Pro and ZoneAlarm Security Suite. " :cry:

Thanks Maxx, that’s the case :wink:
Charley, can you say something more specific… Could be or not the end?!

I had a Pro version on the test and the thing didn’t detect NOD32 or avast! either.

I had a trial version of the pro and it did not find F-Secure Antivirus 2004, Avast4.1 or Bit defender free >:(

click me

At least, the downfall of free ZoneAlarm :cry:

I tried ZoneAlarm like a week or so ago and wasn’t super pleased with it. I read the latest build or at least the one at that time was a bit buggy. I know of one mmo game it would not let you log all the way into, Asheron’s Call 2. It’d take you to checking your account and it’d sit there checking over and over. Disable ZoneAlarm and you could get in, others have complained about it. :o