ZoneAlarm ver 5.0.590.015

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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It works well for me after installing version 5.0.590.043 before that I
had problems with defrag and chkdsk, not anymore.
Joan


Version 5.0.590.043 fixing the problem may be system specific. It did for
you, it did not for me.

Don

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zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the printer problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any problems with it or
my printer. I suggest you download the latest version. If you have .015
update to .043.
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Werner

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"Sunny" wrote in message
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My Zone Alarm Pro, daily prompts me to update, but,
one day it offers ver 5.0.590.015, the next day ver 5.0.590.043.
then back to 5.0.590.015. (when it decides which one is correct I
will.....?)

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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It works well for me after installing version 5.0.590.043 before that I
had problems with defrag and chkdsk, not anymore.
Joan

Interrogative wrote:
Both 5.x releases still interfere with things badly and they havent
properly fixed it yet. Unable to use any 5.x version here and I paid
for it!

Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the printer problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any problems with it or

ZA is getting too bloated for its own good. ie a firewall shouldn't have
anything to do with printing. Perhaps some Symantec coders have moved
over to zonelabs


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Please explain the free version of Pro !


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
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From what I understand there are several versions now of ZA. The free
version is still small and quick and very useful. There is a suite with
everything and a version with anti virus. I expect these are the one with
bloat. I'm using the free version of "pro" and it works just fine.

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Werner

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"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message
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Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the printer
problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any problems with
it or

ZA is getting too bloated for its own good. ie a firewall shouldn't have
anything to do with printing. Perhaps some Symantec coders have moved
over to zonelabs


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What insider do you know at Zone Labs to get a free version of PRO...Please
send me his name.

Willie



"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
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From what I understand there are several versions now of ZA. The free
version is still small and quick and very useful. There is a suite with
everything and a version with anti virus. I expect these are the one with
bloat. I'm using the free version of "pro" and it works just fine.

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Werner

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"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message
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Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the printer
problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any problems with
it or

ZA is getting too bloated for its own good. ie a firewall shouldn't have
anything to do with printing. Perhaps some Symantec coders have moved
over to zonelabs


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Sorry. I'm used to call ZA "pro". From now on I'll call it "free". In any
case it is fairly simple and not bloated which was the point of the thread.
It's all you need for a good firewall, maybe the best for the individual
user.

As I said like all developers ZA labs is adding stuff to the firewall
program including an anti-virus module. I don't plan on using that as it is
not free.
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Werner

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"UncleFrank" wrote in message
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Please explain the free version of Pro !


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
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From what I understand there are several versions now of ZA. The free
version is still small and quick and very useful. There is a suite with
everything and a version with anti virus. I expect these are the one
with
bloat. I'm using the free version of "pro" and it works just fine.

--
Regards,
Werner

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"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message
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Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the printer
problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any problems
with
it or

ZA is getting too bloated for its own good. ie a firewall shouldn't
have
anything to do with printing. Perhaps some Symantec coders have moved
over to zonelabs


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

I thought you were technically correct given it's a common download now and
you have to choose which to install during setup. One supposes that Free is
now a crippled version of Pro. I may be wrong.


Shane


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
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Sorry. I'm used to call ZA "pro". From now on I'll call it "free". In any
case it is fairly simple and not bloated which was the point of the
thread.
It's all you need for a good firewall, maybe the best for the individual
user.

As I said like all developers ZA labs is adding stuff to the firewall
program including an anti-virus module. I don't plan on using that as it
is
not free.
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Regards,
Werner

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"UncleFrank" wrote in message
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Please explain the free version of Pro !


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
...
From what I understand there are several versions now of ZA. The free
version is still small and quick and very useful. There is a suite
with
everything and a version with anti virus. I expect these are the one
with
bloat. I'm using the free version of "pro" and it works just fine.

--
Regards,
Werner

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"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message
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Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the
printer
problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any problems
with
it or

ZA is getting too bloated for its own good. ie a firewall shouldn't
have
anything to do with printing. Perhaps some Symantec coders have
moved
over to zonelabs


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

As I said like all developers ZA labs is adding stuff to the firewall
program including an anti-virus module. I don't plan on using that as it is
not free.

As I said in another post, I may be just a tad old-fashioned, but I've
never liked "all-in-one" apps or hardware. By hardware I mean combo
printer/fax/copy/etc. as when the appliance breaks, you lose ALL the
features.

Same applies to this type of "do everything/fix/everything/address
everything" software.

I suppose I compare it to having your auto water pump, alternator, power
steering pump etc. as a single unit. If that existed, if it broke, you'd
be stuck. But luckily, if
only your, lets say, power steering pump broke at least you could still
drive your car.

Often I also wish there was a "stripped down" version of XP. ie the OS
only. Would boot
nice and quick. Perhaps all I, and others only want an OS for the
Internet and some
basic word processing. Where is my Windows Lite? How about a $49 basic
OS MS?



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Have been using Zonealarm -- free for about 4 -5 years. I quit updating it
because there were always fixes being made. The "Free" version, as has been
said before, is adequate for most users.


"Shane" wrote in message
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I thought you were technically correct given it's a common download now
and
you have to choose which to install during setup. One supposes that Free
is
now a crippled version of Pro. I may be wrong.


Shane


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
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Sorry. I'm used to call ZA "pro". From now on I'll call it "free". In
any
case it is fairly simple and not bloated which was the point of the
thread.
It's all you need for a good firewall, maybe the best for the individual
user.

As I said like all developers ZA labs is adding stuff to the firewall
program including an anti-virus module. I don't plan on using that as it
is
not free.
--
Regards,
Werner

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"UncleFrank" wrote in message
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Please explain the free version of Pro !


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
...
From what I understand there are several versions now of ZA. The
free
version is still small and quick and very useful. There is a suite
with
everything and a version with anti virus. I expect these are the one
with
bloat. I'm using the free version of "pro" and it works just fine.

--
Regards,
Werner

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"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message
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Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the
printer
problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any
problems
with
it or

ZA is getting too bloated for its own good. ie a firewall
shouldn't
have
anything to do with printing. Perhaps some Symantec coders have
moved
over to zonelabs


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

In ,
Plato |@|.| typed:

As I said in another post, I may be just a tad old-fashioned,
but I've
never liked "all-in-one" apps or hardware. By hardware I mean
combo
printer/fax/copy/etc. as when the appliance breaks, you lose
ALL the
features.

Same applies to this type of "do
everything/fix/everything/address
everything" software.


I completely agree with you when it comes to hardware. If one
component of a printer/scanner/fax combo breaks, you have to
replace the entire unit.

But I think it's an entirely different matter when it comes to
software. First of all, software doesn't "break" and need to be
replaced the way hardware does. If something in the software
fails to work properly, the manufacturer will often patch and
repair it. And if some feature doesn't work properly, that
doesn't mean that other components of the software are therefore
useless.

To me, the major disadvantage of multi-purpose software is that
the component applications are often (but not always)
light-weight and not as robust as separate alternatives. Moreover
if you buy a multi-purpose package, you lose the ability to pick
and choose features in applications you like in one vendor's
product line and others in another vendors'. For example, I
prefer Corel WordPerfect to Microsoft Word, but Excel to Quattro
Pro. Unfortunately, my preferences here make for an expensive mix
of products if I have to buy both Office suites.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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So this is where you're hiding lol
Joan

Shane wrote:
I thought you were technically correct given it's a common download
now and you have to choose which to install during setup. One
supposes that Free is now a crippled version of Pro. I may be wrong.


Shane

I do agree about the added features, I much prefer to pick my own AV to
use. I do run ZA Pro the paid version but don't intend using the bundled
with AV ones.
Joan

Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:
Sorry. I'm used to call ZA "pro". From now on I'll call it "free". In
any case it is fairly simple and not bloated which was the point of
the thread. It's all you need for a good firewall, maybe the best for
the individual user.
snip

With all the comments I still recommend you download the patch to ".043".
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Werner

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"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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I do agree about the added features, I much prefer to pick my own AV to
use. I do run ZA Pro the paid version but don't intend using the bundled
with AV ones.
Joan

Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:
Sorry. I'm used to call ZA "pro". From now on I'll call it "free". In
any case it is fairly simple and not bloated which was the point of
the thread. It's all you need for a good firewall, maybe the best for
the individual user.
snip

I prefer Kerio 2.1.5, but due to Sygate crashing in ME I tried ZA again
(which for a long time caused problems in ME). Now I use ZA (free) in 98se
and on one ME box (still Kerio 2.1.5 on XP - though there may be issues with
SP2).

The problems with *fixes* is knowing whether they're critical or bloat. Of
course, one places significant trust in one's firewall and *should*
(ideally) assume that all updates *are* critical.

But, yes, I use ZA Free. But recent versions are a common download and you
select either Pro or Free during installation. Never having installed Pro I
don't know if it then downloads extra files, but doubt it.

I'll grant that *crippled* was probably a little strong. *Disabled*.


Shane


"Slotrot" wrote in message
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Have been using Zonealarm -- free for about 4 -5 years. I quit updating
it
because there were always fixes being made. The "Free" version, as has
been
said before, is adequate for most users.


"Shane" wrote in message
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I thought you were technically correct given it's a common download now
and
you have to choose which to install during setup. One supposes that Free
is
now a crippled version of Pro. I may be wrong.


Shane


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
...
Sorry. I'm used to call ZA "pro". From now on I'll call it "free". In
any
case it is fairly simple and not bloated which was the point of the
thread.
It's all you need for a good firewall, maybe the best for the
individual
user.

As I said like all developers ZA labs is adding stuff to the firewall
program including an anti-virus module. I don't plan on using that as
it
is
not free.
--
Regards,
Werner

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"UncleFrank" wrote in message
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Please explain the free version of Pro !


"Bullwinkel J. Moose" wrote in message
...
From what I understand there are several versions now of ZA. The
free
version is still small and quick and very useful. There is a suite
with
everything and a version with anti virus. I expect these are the
one
with
bloat. I'm using the free version of "pro" and it works just fine.

--
Regards,
Werner

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"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message
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Bullwinkel J. Moose wrote:

zone alarm ver. 5.0.590.043 has everything fixed except the
printer
problem
for which an update is due very soon. I'm not having any
problems
with
it or

ZA is getting too bloated for its own good. ie a firewall
shouldn't
have
anything to do with printing. Perhaps some Symantec coders have
moved
over to zonelabs


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Bugger! I've been sussed!


Shane


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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So this is where you're hiding lol
Joan

Shane wrote:
I thought you were technically correct given it's a common download
now and you have to choose which to install during setup. One
supposes that Free is now a crippled version of Pro. I may be wrong.


Shane