Re: Is Zone Alarm A "Trojan"? (Old Question: Any New Info?)

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Date: 10/28/02 

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 07:31:32 +0300

"Dave G." wrote:

> It's an old question/issue; I'm looking for a definitive answer and/or
> updates.
>
> While researching problems with ZA on several boards, I ran
> across an extensive (and, at times, heated) discussion in April of
> 2001 here on Google
> Groups' computer.security.firewalls which asked/claimed "Zone Alarm:
> TROJAN disguised as FIREWALL?" As far as I could determine the
> question was never definitively settled.
>
> I've used ZA Free for about 2 years on my PII 266 Win98SE system,
> but since the upgrade causes some problems I'm considering moving to
> an alternative firewall (Sygate, TPF) and dumping ZA (which I also
> understand can be a rather laborious process as well).
>
> Have you folks heard/seen any more clear answer to the question?
> Opinions?.

Zone Alarm is not a Trojan at all.

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