New ZA Antivirus 9 Beta

[fax]

Whats new
• Windows 7 compatibility. This is our first public beta compatible with Windows 7
(32 and 64 bit). Also works on XP and Vista.
• New KAV Antivirus engine. Faster and more effective than our previous engine

Known Issues
• Upgrades are not supported from any previous versions (including previous beta versions)
• BSOD with old Intel Graphics Driver on Windows 7. Please turn on automatic updates or download and install driver updates manually before installing ZoneAlarm!
• ZA might not start automatically after install on Windows 7. Please run it from Start -> Programs in this case.
• Windows Vista's ReadyBoost™ and ReadyDrive™ are not supported at this time.
• Major OS changes, including from XP to Vista, and major OS upgrades, are not supported.
• IBitLocker on Vista is not supported

https://www.zonealarm.com/security/e...eta-center.htm

[The_1337]

Is it using the kav 9 or 8 engine?

[gery]

Originally Posted by The_1337

Is it using the kav 9 or 8 engine?

nope KAV 6

[fax]

Originally Posted by gery

nope KAV 6

Eh? What? No...

As far as I can see is the same engine as current (or soon to be released?) Kaspersky Enterprise versions, i.e. Version 8. Options for Heuristics scanning and IChecker/ISwift have been added.

Cheers,
Fax
EDIT: Interesting, I see also some heavy optimization of the memory use as compared to previous versions. Vsmon.exe 12MB and zlclient 2MB. As compared to 40-60MB vsmon I had. Scanningprocess.exe (AV portion) has disappeared, it seems all managed by vsmon.

[gery]

Originally Posted by fax

Eh? What? No...

As far as I can see is the same engine as current (or soon to be released?) Kaspersky Enterprise versions, i.e. Version 8. Options for Heuristics scanning and IChecker/ISwift have been added.

Cheers,
Fax
EDIT: Interesting, I see also some heavy optimization of the memory use as compared to previous versions. Vsmon.exe 12MB and zlclient 2MB. As compared to 40-60MB vsmon I had on previous versions. Scanningprocess.exe (AV portion) have disappeared, it seems all managed by vsmon.

oooooooooooops
sound good to me
sorry i did not know that exactly
if that is true i might as well use my IS licence in the future
i like ZA for their nice clean interface and the fact that they use KAv but since it remained to 6 i ditched it a month ago. Time to go back i guess

[Legendkiller]

wow,version-8 has been included...........that sounds great...
i am just done using norton 2010 for few hrs............i will try this now.........simply because my license is up for renenwal this month

[fax]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller

wow,version-8 has been included...........that sounds great...

With the usual warning: ZA is not a clone of KAV... there are two completely different products with different features and options. But yes, it was time for Kaspersky Lab. to update their SDK AV package.

I guess it did not really make sense for them to have two different lines of signature updates to mantain.

Fax

[fax]

Originally Posted by gery

the fact that they use KAv but since it remained to 6 i ditched it a month ago.

KAV SDK 6 is perfectly fine... sometimes the fever for the 'latest' is not always fully justified. It is still having a detection similar to latest retail KAV and it is still used in Kaspersky Enterprise solutions. Security is made by the full package and not the single features in isolation.

Fax

[gery]

Link to submit a virus file please i ca not find it

[fax]

Originally Posted by gery

Link to submit a virus file please i ca not find it

Same as ever and same as KAV. Email: newvirus at kaspersky dot com. Send the file in a password protected ZIP, include the password in the e-mail.

Fax

[Astech]

This is good news for ZA, glad to see their are continuing to use Kaspersky's engine

[vijayind]

Lower memory usage and better AV engine .... ZA is now mighty enticing

[StevieO]

Funny ol' world. ZA switch to KAV, and OA switch from KAV to BD !

[firzen771]

Originally Posted by StevieO

Funny ol' world. ZA switch to KAV, and OA switch from KAV to BD !

ZA has always been KAV, they just updated the version...

[Mongol]

Originally Posted by StevieO

Funny ol' world. ZA switch to KAV, and OA switch from KAV to BD !

Actually OA switched to A2 including the mighty Ikarus engine...

[AKAJohnDoe]

Interesting.

I just switched from ZAAV to OA Premium. Not running any AV at this time.

[Martijn2]

Originally Posted by firzen771

ZA has always been KAV, they just updated the version...

ZA used the InoculateIT engine from Computer Associates for a long time in the past (I think until their seventh version)

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Originally Posted by Martijn2

ZA used the InoculateIT engine from Computer Associates for a long time in the past (I think until their seventh version)

No, not even. It was CA VET Engine back in the ZA 6 days.
A very very light engine, the detection too

[jrmhng]

Originally Posted by fax

No, not even. It was CA VET Engine back in the ZA 6 days.
A very very light engine, the detection too

Yes the CA engine is a joke. Moving to KAV was a good choice. Now if only another firewall vendor would use a better AV engine in their suite.

[gery]

How is the beta testing going?

[fax]

Originally Posted by gery

How is the beta testing going?

New KAV engine works as advertised, light and fast.
RAM/CPU much better than previous version. Autolearn or connection with the remote ZA database seems to have slight problems.

There is a new program control function "Timing Attack Prevention" that I would be curious to know what it does... and... I cannot beleive to my eyes, LOL, they finally accepted to fix the PC flank leak test!!!

For the rest very stable to be the first beta.

Cheers,
Fax

[gery]

Are they working on the whole suite or just the antivirus part?

[fax]

Originally Posted by gery

Are they working on the whole suite or just the antivirus part?

I guess they started with the AV given that its totally new and they will move later to the rest...

[Sjoeii]

Any screenshots possible? did the GUI change?

[gery]

yes it would be very interesting to see some screen-shots