zonealarm (free)

system · 2007-03-23T17:49:30.000Z

Hello all, I currently have ZA free version 6.5.737.000, and have not been notified of any new updates for some months. Yet I notice the new free version for download is 7.0.337.000. Can anyone explain,is it because the newer version doesn’t contain any new security updates. Many thanks for any explanation. P.S. I do like ZA. Cheers

Lisandro · 2007-03-23T17:53:36.000Z

Strange behavior from ZoneLabs… why aren’t they updating the old versions through their own update?
Does the autoupdate feature is present on ZA free on only in the Pro version (I don’t remember anymore…).

MikeBCda · 2007-03-23T17:57:05.000Z

As of the last version I had (6-point-?) before I ditched it it favor of Comodo, ZA free did include auto-checking for updates.

system · 2007-03-23T18:06:29.000Z

Yes it does update automatically, and it has done twice or more since it was installed,the last time about August 06

FreewheelinFrank · 2007-03-23T18:06:43.000Z

This on automatic updates:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/10/zonealarms_new_autoupdater_pro.html

Should be working on the free version:

The guy I met forwarded my query to Laura Yecies, vice president and general manager of CheckPoint's consumer and small business division. Turns out that sometime in June an update the company shipped to the (free and pay) 6.5.x versions of ZoneAlarm allows the program to silently download and install fixes on its own. Yecies said the company switched on the auto-update for two reasons.

Here are the latest changes:

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/information/zap/releaseHistory.html#7.0.337.000

You can always download the latest version and slect ‘upgrade’ when installing.

system · 2007-03-23T19:08:15.000Z

went from za free to comodo(which sometimes block me access to the internet ???)to pc tools firewall plus(free)on both my laptop and quad and is great and very simple :
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

essexboy · 2007-03-23T20:48:05.000Z

Nice links guys as I will be changing firewalls soon as MS in their kindness gave me a Vista ultimate for free when I entered a competition during the Vista launch in UK. Only the 32 bit version though and I did want 64 bit, still for the price I can’t complain

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