ZoneAlarm Pro 3.7.098 Updating

See:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=7411

In this thread in the Update-section, Blaze posted the following:

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MY UPDATE THING DONT WORK I MISSED TO UPDATES cause zone alarm pro update checker ****.

worst off when i go to the site manuealy theres no where there where i can dowenload an update my ZAP with out haveing to buy it ie add to cart what gives


Note by FanJ: one word was removed by me

 

Hi Blaze,

I have one kind question: please no more such phrases as you posted about the updater: they will be removed by the moderators!

 

Installation & Uninstallation FAQ

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/support/zapInstallFAQ.jsp#1install


Uninstalling ZoneAlarm Pro Under Windows Me

click here

 

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/updates/zap/zapDownloadUpdateEXE.html

This page says:
Thank you for updating your security.
Your download will begin in a few seconds.
If your download does not begin in a few seconds, please click here.

Blaze, does it not work for you if you click at that site on those words “please click here”?

 

And here is another possibility:

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/support/3zapMain.jsp#zap3FAQ1

Quote:

1. I received an alert that there is an update available - why won't "Check for Updates" let me download it?

Note: You must have a current, valid license key to receive any Zone Labs updates. Click here for instructions on how to determine your support and update expiration date.
If you have trouble getting your update, try adjusting the privacy settings for the site. On the Privacy panel, there are default settings under the Main tab, and sites affected by the privacy settings are listed under the Site List tab, when the Privacy Advisor option is checked. You can turn Privacy features on or off by site.
If that still does not help, you may need to drop some or all privacy settings while visiting that site, specifically Cookies and Mobile Code Control.

 

I had trouble with the ZA+ upgrade also. When attempting to use the built-in "check for updates" feature in ZA+, it did its thing and replied with "Your Security Is Up To Date".

I was able to manually download the .exe, and save the file using the link.

Before you execute the update, shut down ZA. The .exe will start and give you two radio buttons to either:

1. Update (which will save your current settings and update the program files--this is defaulted)

or

2. Do a clean install. (which will blow out your current settings--you will have to manually select this option)

Let the installer do it's thing, reboot, and you should be back in business.

Hope this helps!

 

Jim,

I gave you guys advance notice of the update. If the updater is not working by now, it will be soon.

 

No problem!

Wasn't too worried about it. Everything worked fine for me from the website last night.

Thanks for the heads-up!

 

Update works fine now !!

bill

 

Hi all,
i see in my windows autostart a file minilog.exe, which should be in the windows\system\zonelabs\minilog.exe
I see that i no longer have this file. I'm not even sure if that belongs there to be either (can anybody be so kind as to check in that location if it's there on your system?)
Did a search but it's not on my system and i don't know how to find out when it disappeared (win98se is so primitive in such search functions)
I did this 3.7.098 update and hoped it would install all there is only leaving my settings as they are, so hoped, if it belongs tehre, the file would be back.

Thanks in advance for your help. I wonder if this 3.88mb d/l was the full program as well or just an update. I mean: if i would have to get back first the former version 3.6 or 3.5 whatever it was recently and then running this update over it which seems rediculous, and then finding out the minilog.exe would not belong there at all, you can imagine........
All seems to be working correct till now, so thanks in advance for your minilof.exe - info!

 

Jooske,

I can't find "minilog.exe" anywhere on my Win98SE system. Did you do the update, or a clean installation?

 

Thanks for looking Marti, the update. I did several settings i must try to remember and only recently i took the former update --not sure if that time i did clean or update that time, maybe update too like now this time.
So to avoid trouble i updated this time to this 3.7.098 too.
(lazy ?)

I looked with SpyBotS&D recently and had it check registry errors too, which i did not repair yet, i first look what is which, where it alerted on this missing file; today TDS alerted on a change in the Autostart (but which??)
So i don't know since when i miss the file! Maybe it was from old times and should no longer be there!
But the former version closed a few times as well all of a sudden, so of course i am suspicious, even though scans and online scans don't indicate any infections causing such things.

 

I emailed their tech support with the question and just got a confirmation the case (my email) is created and for possible updates to scroll down in my email.
What kind of reply is this? Just only my own question is there, now i still don't know if minilog.exe needs to be there or not and if so, how to get it there again.
Support! pffff!

 

Joose,

I just sent an IM to you, asking that you email your question and the Zone Labs response to me. I'll make sure that one of my contacts at Zone Labs gets them.

 

Jooske,

I have an answer for you. Minilog.exe is not used in the 3x versions of Zone Alarm. If you have the file it can be removed.

Oh, I agree with you that the email "auto-response" from Zone Labs is very hard to understand and I have been speaking English all of my life.

 

Thanks LWM and Marti for taking the trouble to find this out. So it was a bad uninstall while i always leave it to ZAPro to do it with their installer.
The file has gone but not the registry key, so i'll dig that up and delete it. SbS&D found the error, and glad you found the answer so quick!

 

Hi, is there an update for the free version of ZoneAlarm? I have run the update check from within ZA numerous times and continue to get the message that there are no new updates, despite the fact I'm using v3.1.9.5. I've tried searching their site for a free update but can only find update links for ZA+ and ZAP. TIA!

 

Zone Labs always issues updates for Pro & Plus first. Then they issue an update for ZAFree. The update might be in a few weeks, or a month, or ... When ZAFree is updated, the info will be posted on security and other forums, so you will probably hear about it in a timely manner.

 

Has everybody notice the resource usage is WAY down.

 

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/zap/trial/zapDownloadTrialEXE_1043.jsp

Works ok for me.

 

Or even:

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1043_zl/zapSetup_37_098.exe

is better.

 

Low Water Mark,

*****
ZA+ now includes the Advanced Program Control feature, as ZAP 3.5 and above already had. This is the extra program protection feature that prevents one program from using (calling) another program to access the network on its behalf. (This provides protection from leak tests like "tooleaky" that try to access other programs, which already have permission to access the Internet, to "piggy-back" on their network access rights.)
*****

I had to turn that option off until I have time to experiment. I have OE set up per your great tutorial. With that option on, I can't click on links in emails.

I had program control set to Medium for a couple of days, and moved it to "high" last night. Today, I haven't been on the computer much at all. Hope to have time tomorrow to figure this one out.