Re: Zone Alarm firewall Version 5.0.590 (the free bee)

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 08/22/04


Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:38:41 -0700

I have had ZA uninstalled since the 5.1.x update did not solve
the problems I was having with their 5.0.x

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCDBA,  MCSE W2k3+W2k+Nt4
"Paul (Bornival)" <PaulBornival@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:5DD51175-113F-4FC1-8A0E-356A4244311A@microsoft.com...
> Download version 5.1.011 (its is free if you have a previous version). It 
> wil
> work fine and when SP2 is installed, you'll see that it leaves ZA be the
> firewall (I made sucessfully the SP2 update on 16 computers all with ZA
> 5.1.011).
> Paul.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Jerry" wrote:
>
>> All Zone Alarm versions starting with 5.x.xxx.xxx have been having 
>> problems
>> with all versions of Windows. (Check the ZoneLabs forums for a massive 
>> list
>> of issues.)
>>
>> If you can find it - use version 4.5.594.00; it runs with SP2 just fine.
>>
>> "Xavier" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:a58801c487bb$e13ea630$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> >I have not yet received SP2 and just installed the subject
>> > version of ZoneAlarm.
>> >
>> > Subsequently I just read the Microsoft KB Article 884130
>> > that says that ZoneAlarm loses functionality when running
>> > on a Windows XP SP2-based computer, as follows:
>> >
>> > "When you try to remove ZoneAlarm, you receive a Stop
>> > error message or your computer restarts before the
>> > uninstall program finishes".
>> >
>> > A couple of questions:
>> > (1) Does anybody have any recommendations about this?
>> > (2) Do I uninstall ZoneAlarm now, before I get SP2?
>> >
>> > Another troubling though is that the KB Article 884130
>> > doesn't say whether the referred "removal" is done using
>> > the Add-Remove XP program OR whether is done using the
>> > recommended approach by ZoneAlarm of using its uninstall
>> > program to ensure that everything is removed.
>> >
>> > Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
>> > Xavier
>> >
>>
>>
>> 


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