** New Beta **: Free ZoneAlarm AntiVirus 10

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  1. IceCube1010

    IceCube1010 Registered Member

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    Yep, I triple what they said. The couple of things mentioned like the 24hr update, pretty high memory usage and ARP security freeze running a LAN game. I really like this security suite.

    Ice
     
    IceCube1010, Mar 26, 2012
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  2. carat

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    +1 :thumb: (or use Panda Cloud AV :D)
     
    carat, Mar 26, 2012
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  3. fax

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    May be the game uses the address resolution protocol and this gets blocked. Unless you have non-trusted PC on your internal LAN you don't need ARP protection.

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  4. fax

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    Offtopic ON
    You meant AVAST free, right?! :D :p
    Offtopic OFF
     
    fax, Mar 26, 2012
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  5. IceCube1010

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    You're exactly right! It's really not needed within my LAN.
    thanks
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  6. JoeBlack40

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    One update per day...but i guess you can always update manually,right?
     
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    Yes, you can update manually.
     
    fax, Mar 26, 2012
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    The option can be useful if you are on public networks (WIFI) or hardwiring your PC/Laptop on untrusted networks. Unfortunately it is an ON/OFF feature. You can't tune it up depending on the network you connect to.
     
    fax, Mar 26, 2012
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  9. RejZoR

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    But why do that if AV can do that properly all by itself?
     
    RejZoR, Mar 26, 2012
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  10. fax

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    yes, not to me... here please :D
    ZoneAlarm Beta Feedback Form
     
    fax, Mar 26, 2012
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    RejZoR should work at ZoneAlarm :thumb:
     
    carat, Mar 26, 2012
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  12. Kees1958

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    Well at least acquire an "ZoneAlarm Distribucija" and a "Bitdefender cloud Distribucija" so he has a traditional antivirus (ZA) an intermediate AV (Avast) with 4 hourly + trickle updates and a full featured cloud based AV (BD).
     
    Kees1958, Mar 26, 2012
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    Good Evening ! Finally was able to download and set up the free beta anti-virus and firewall. This in my humble estimation will be a Serious Competitor for Avast and MSE. The only quibble from my perspective is the updater...24hrs as RejZor stated simply doesn't cut the mustard. But I hope that will be addressed in the Release Version. Otherwise a very impressive effort on behalf of Zone Alarm/Checkpoint. Sincerely...Securon
     
    Securon, Mar 26, 2012
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  14. acr1965

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    so is anyone able to install this without the av?
     
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  16. khanyash

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    I am regularly testing & comparing it with other free AV's. Its good. Waiting for the RiskWare detection to be included to see what difference in detection it will bring.

    Is the heuristics kaspersky's or zonealarm's? Coz I see quite a good heur detection.

    I really hope the updates way are changed in the coming beta's.

    Atleast I am not going to use it with the current updates way. As I have seen the difference during my testing by updating it manually time to time & testing & checking the differences.
     
    khanyash, Mar 27, 2012
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  17. RejZoR

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    Anyone has any idea how ZoneAlarm AV updates its program components? Through integrated updater or do you have to do it like with Kaspersky, downloading entire installer and installing over it?
     
    RejZoR, Mar 27, 2012
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    Normally by a new installer for the core parts of the software (e.g. new drivers), while via the autoupdate you can get minor or urgent updates, such as compatibility fixes, out of band critical fixes, ZA definition or dlls updates, etc.

    In short, the most common update happens like kaspersky. I.e. New installer to run over the old.
     
    fax, Mar 27, 2012
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    Yes, should be the same as in ZAfree. Both elements are available in ZAfree :)
     
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  21. acr1965

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    What's the difference between the application control and the advanced firewall? They seem to use similar language in their description. I thought they might be the same and did not see "advanced firewall" in the ZA free version, just the 2-way firewall.

    Does this free beta program include the advanced firewall? or the same firewall as in the free version?
     
    acr1965, Mar 27, 2012
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    No prob :thumb:
     
    fax, Mar 28, 2012
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    updated
    10.2.021 -> 10.2.024

    Fixed issues:
    Added option to the installer to install full or minimal bases
    Added option to the installer to install in Max or Learning mode
    Added OSFW to ZA Free + AV
    Added Advanced download protection in the toolbar
    Added Riskware scanning
    URL clipboard scanning - alerts when a malicious URL is copied to the clipboard
    Enabled optimizations when doing a right-click context menu scan
    Added Snooze AV
    Added Snooze Firewall
    Fixed AV conflict detection so the dialog only shows once and can be suppressed on future restarts
     
    David2041, Mar 29, 2012
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