ZAF, ZAP, ZAA, and ZASS 6.0.617.000 beta available

Zone Labs has released a new beta version of Zone Alarm (all flavors). Here is a list of known issues and fixes with this release. Provide feedback for the beta here.

Known Issues

* Important: Please make sure to uninstall 6.0.591.002 or any prior beta build before you install this new build.
* Cannot restore a file backuped by the same version of zone alarm (#32510)
* After updating the virus signatures, ZA does not updates the time stamp until machine is rebooted (#32516)
* Treatment "errors" for virus renamed using special char on Manual scan (#32391)
* Some Betas appears as if they were a trial version in the UI (#3339
* Antivirus Quarantine fails on win98/winME (#33410)
* Protected Wireless network are put into the internet zone silently if network is enabled after ZA has started (#33414)
* ZL Client UI may crash sometimes (#3336
* Program List slow to re-draw (#33234)
* Screen goes blank when logging off a fast switch account in Win XP (#32669)
* Strange entry of “system” inside Program List (#33394)

Fixed Issues

* Install 6.0.583 causes BSOD reboot loop (on 64-bit machine) (#32612)
* Strange objects in program list (#29196)
* Anti-spyware manual updates fail when automatic updates diabled (#32482)
* AV updates are sometimes blocked by the firewall (#32400)
* Manually added applications are assigned with "not yet configured" in "Smart Defense" (#32033)
* Schedule scan still run even AS/AV is Off (#32267)
* "invalid date" displayed in Program Entry detail (#31023)
* Component tab list contains programs with extensions like .exe, .drv (#3193
* First contextual AV scan after install will also scan for spyware (#32720)
* Actions of Adobe Acrobat, user are being misdiagnosed as Dangerous behavior (#3324
* Language bar does not get loaded onto taskbar if ZA is running (#3312
* Several minor documentation bugs (#33071)
* AntiSpyware picks up WinPatrol uninstaller as spyware (#33010)
* BSOD with Beta 1 running on Windows Server 2003 SP1 (#32927)
* VSMON crash on attempting to suspend Dell laptop (#32841)
* True Vector crashes during file upload/download (#32413)
* Error message is mis-titled (#32410)
* False positive AntiSpyware scan shows Win32.HLLO.SysClock.80896 (32059)
* AntiSpam does not populate the white list at startup (#31903)
* Disabling anti-spyware updates from UI doesn't work (#31839)
* VSMon hangs during Win98SE system shutdown (#32249)
* Both users will be sending an alert one another constantly (IM) (#26937)
* cmd.exe not in program panel after clean install and start of cmd.exe (#32771)
* quarantine\delete failed for all spywares after update (#32807)
* vsmon memory leak when running beyond tv (#26212)
* System froze after leaving build running on laptop for ~30 minutes (#32523)
* Pop-up "recommend you scan ... for viruses and\or spyware" is not valid for ZA Pro (#32407)
* Various other bug fixes

 

Ok. I decided to give the ZAP Beta a go. I have lots of questions, though. How come only certain files are listed as "System" under SmartDefense? Specifically, "csrss.exe" should definitely be listed as System, I would think. Occassionally when using the Command window, I will get ZAP alerts notifying me that csrss is sending messages to cmd.exe, but I definitely think that csrss subsystem is supposed to be doing that and I am not quite familiar enough with this Beta to know how to tell ZAP to always allow it. I guess I better go RTFM.

The "tvDebug.log" updating still seems to take place, but apparently it seems slowed down, with filesystem updates something like once a minute rather than once every 10 seconds as before. I still wish they would make it optional, or if it already is... make it clear how to disable it. I don't really want extra diagnostic logging.

 

I also see that they fixed (for real this time) the anti-spy scan even though it has been turned off. Whew. Hmmm, Alec, I'm noticing some pretty incremental lag when I'm playing BF1942. I does seem to come at 10 second intervals. I wonder the log update could be causing it Thanks.

 

Have they made a way to disable all the extra protection in ZA Pro (program firewall) since most of us already have DC PG and Regdefend for that installed.

dja2k

 

I get the same lag you are talking about but with Americas army. I also got a system crash too playing AA. Defo a problem with ZAP beta.