New Zone Alarm Pro. Beta.

I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to test the new Zone Alarm Pro Beta yet? I have run it through some paces, and seems to perform very well. I have noticed though that it uses a lot of RAM. I dropped from 92% to 79%. Any thoughts anyone? Peter.

 

I have not even considered the idea. I have been trying to find a bottle-neck for a long time here. My internet speed has been drastically low for a long time. The last thing I checked was ZAP, which I did not even suspect would be the reason.

When I uninstalled it my speed (both up and down) improved from 3,5 Mbits to what it should be = 9,8 Mbits on my 10 Mbits connection.

I believe this was my final good bye to ZA.

Regards
Arne.

PS. Congratualtions with this new forum. It seems to work fine and I even love the colors!!

 

Welcome aboard my friend Arne.  Amazing, it is like we're all a community of users who frequent the same places.  

 

Hi ZX

Yup, I guess we all have the same interests and hobbies. Nice to see you here too!

 

I tried the demo and it  limits what settings you can adjust. Don't care for it and removed it. Trying out Kerio personal firewall and like it so far.
I am registered as GA, but when I try to post, I get the message that there is another member with that name. Are my privacy settings too high?

 

What Browser are you using?

 

I am using IE6, and I have it set to always allow cookies from your site. If I log in and click on a member link, I get a message that I need to be a registered member to use the services.

 

If I override cookie handling, I can use your forum.
 GA

 

GA, check the new announcement post. Let me know if that solves this problem.  Thanks

 

GA....when I added http://www.security-pro.co.uk as a Trusted Site(Domain where the Forums are)....I no longer had those issues you mentioned !

 

Yeah; puttng in the other domain solved my problem. Thanks.   GA

 

Could someone please re-post the link to the beta download?  Thanks.

 

Here is the original posting from the old board:

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Announcing the first public beta of ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0!

We are proud to invite you to beta test our newest
version of ZoneAlarm Pro® 3.0.

Features include:
*Security that's tighter than ever
*Component protection to prevent abuse of trusted programs
*An all-new interface designed for new and expert users alike
*Privacy protection including cookie control, ad blocking and
mobile code control
*Professional logging
*All new alert More Info with IP address mapping
*Enhanced automatic network detection with unique wireless
network identity
*Expanded information and control
*User-controlled interface color schemes
*Much, much more!

The majority of you have been asked to participate in
this first official beta of ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 because you've been hard-working, faithful and dedicated beta testers in the past. The remaining testers are new to this beta group. We welcome all of you, and we thank you in advance for the time and effort you will be putting into this beta test. Your work ensures that ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 upholds and exceeds Zone Labs' standards for leading security, ease-of-use and
effectiveness.

Where to go to test:

You will find the ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 beta download and
comprehensive testing information at the following Web site:
       
http://www.zonelabs.com/products/zap/zapro3beta_download.html

Note: On the Web site above, you will find an important
link for the new submission Web form.

 

I have been Beta testing ZAP 3.0 Beta for the last week and must say, Zone Labs have improved a lot in the area of local/internet server blocking...The cookie/addblocking is also an improvement.. The implementation of 'mobile code control' is a good idea.. But on the ´flip side, it has quite a few bugs right now. I guess that's why it is in the Beta stage... It passes all the leak tests and PCFlanks Steath Test......

CU
Jazzie

 

Hey Jazzie,

Welcome!
Nice to see you over here!  

 

HI Jan!

Thx, glad to be here... Nice forum, I like the layout!

CU
Jazzie

 

Jazzie I thought you were a die hard sygate fan? You a turncout? lol, j/k nice to see ya out and about.

 

Hi Allan!

Yeah, I like to test everything and anything that comes along... It seems that most all FW's have faults/improvements, one way or another! If I had to choose one now it would be most likely LNS, but it doesn't yet have the ability to assign apps and only those apps rights to certaint port usage... It is still a very powerfull fw... I hope the above will be implemented in a future release.... If this does happen, I will hang up Sygate!

CU
Jazzie