ZoneAlarm Products update to v. 6.0.667.000

[QBgreen]

The entire product line has been upgraded. Here's what's new for the Pro version:

* POP email not working when co-existing with NAV
* VSMON crashes when visiting some websites with privacy enabled
* Anti-Spyware update sometimes "not responding"
* AV scan will hang on certain files
* VSMON crashes when sending IDLock item via email
* On some machines Antivirus/Antispyware can't be enabled
* Propel compatibility issue
* SmartDefense Advisor not working with Proxy
* Multiple 'loopback' entries in firewall zones after upgrade

[Brian N]

I'm wondering why the update feature in ZA isn't working.
It didn't tell me about 6.x either when I was using 5.9.something on my other machine (freebie version).

[beetlejuice69]

-{ Quote: "I'm wondering why the update feature in ZA isn't working.
It didn't tell me about 6.x either when I was using 5.9.something on my other machine (freebie version)." }-

Didn`t work for mr either.

[HelloThere]

The Update Servers have not been turned on yet. If you want to jump ahead of the bandwagon, you should get it from http://www.zonelabs.com

[kalpik]

Is the network issue fixed? It usually hung my pc before!

[brjoon1021]

the "new and improved features" is not too encouraging to me:

" New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Antivirus version 6.0.667.000

* Fixed - POP email not working when co-existing with NAV
* Fixed - Free ZA blocking some Remote access software from accessing ZA Alert notifications
* Fixed - Propel compatibility issue
* Fixed - Multiple 'loopback' entries in firewall zones after upgrade"


I had 5.5 free, it dropped the internet connection after a varying period of time. I had to reboot the modem and PC all the time. But... 6 series came out and I was stoked. I read bad things at forums but decided to take the plunge about two weeks ago. Within 10 days I was bluescreening, one morning, eight times in a row with random reboots. Yeah! My boot up times for a P4 2.8 laptop with 512 meg of RAM and an ATI 9600/9700 video card was way too slow. Nearly 3 minutes. I uninstalled Zone Alarm. Now no problems at all, fast boot up.

They have a big blue screen of death instruction post in their official forum. It seems that a humble mention of this major problem and a fix would be in order in order instead of:

" New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Antivirus version 6.0.667.000

* Fixed - POP email not working when co-existing with NAV
* Fixed - Free ZA blocking some Remote access software from accessing ZA Alert notifications
* Fixed - Propel compatibility issue
* Fixed - Multiple 'loopback' entries in firewall zones after upgrade"

****** However, it is friendly land kind of you to include links for those who have had better luck with this software. I will pass until they fix their software. As soon as I told my boss that I put zone alarm on his laptop (my work computer) he related a nightmarish story of crashes and bluescreens and lost data. I thought that he was lame and did not say much... I was well on my way to the same experience.

B.