ZoneAlarm upgrade/update 70.337.000
 

Anyone else have problems with this upgrade. The user forums are full of users with quite large numbers of system issues caused by this update version. The only way my machine would boot up with it installed was to use the 'last known configuration which worked' option, otherwise it just kept going through the p.o.s.t cycle. Managed to uninstall it and replaced it with the previous version and hope ZA/Checkpoint release fixes soon. Anyone who hasn't installed this upgrade yet, I would advise caution. There are some users with whom this upgrade has worked without any issues, but the majority of the posts seem to be negative.

Free version or payed version?

Wow...what a trip seeing this thread...just last night I just updated to this version..the pay version...and my system twice now has crashed and on boot up states windows recovering from serious error....I knew it was because I just installed that damn update...I am going back to Norton I never had one problem with them...Errr! ...thank you so much for posting this. :up:

I had problems with ZoneAlarm 6 (actually ZA Security Suite 6) some of my software crashed & ZA would at times disable my network only 2 pcs, but the 2nd PC would have problems accessing the net or lan gaming!

Deleted ZA now use Outpost Firewall Pro ver. 4.0.1005.7229 (590) and have none of the above problems since.

Using free version here. No update available. It seems the payware version functions as a betatesting for the free version.

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Same here, I got the free version and it's doing the job nicely. :)

Been using the paid version for 2 years now. No problems at all.

Same here use Security Suite and it keeps everything out

Security Suit is working for me with the update. Sorry to hear others are having problems with the update. Usually ZA will get things fixed pretty quick. At least that's been my experience. Lots of things can happen during a download and an install.

Using Zone ALarm PRO here.
no instances of windows on its own crashing that I can confirm.
However due to me discarding all of my previous firewall settings I have had some programs crash when trying to use the internet following the update. Americas Army online, Sniper Elite, Firefox (not a crash just a denial of access) and punkbuster anti cheat software that runs under some multiplayer games. All have crashed requiring an 'end task' or they have frozen windows prompting me to reset the computer.
Going through the program control list and modifying the access rights of various installed software, assuming you know what you are looking for, makes things much easier too.
Using the right click option in ZA PRO and selecting 'game mode' seems to help somewhat.

I remember having trouble before with the last release if I let ZA boot at startup- it used to hang my computer (am2 3800+ with 2gb ram). So now I manually invoke the firewall before I initialise my internet connection and my pc boots prety quickly.

Now that most of my internet capable programs have been used at least once or given permission rights as above, I don't seem to have any further issues /touch wood.

Yes, mine works o.k once the machine has booted and I have been starting it manualy afterwards.

Fiind the ZA icon in the system tray at the bottom of the screen. Right Click the mouse on that icon and choose GAME MODE. Then stop all alerts from appearing and minimize the ZA screen.

Now try your games and see if they all work. This is the easy way to play games though the firewall. After you get through playing your games just disable the ZA game more and put ZA back into normal mode.

This is the reason why I stopped using ZA PRO. For the love of god, a new update and a system crash. Not to mention, that it would block my internet connection if I didn't open a new browser window every 2 minutes. Hell of a way to lose 1h of browsing time :down:

I now use KAV and will use KIS after we move house. I haven't had a problem, maybe once in a while and with a half-stable release (then the kind forums guys pointed me to a more stabile version).

I myself recommend KIS, sure it's expensive, but the extra bucks, means you won't be spending them on Aspirin for your ZA headaches.

You mst have had ZA set up worng as I have it on all the time and it never stops me browsing. I have it set very tight so I have to manually configure all the bits like whther a site can store a cookie or run animations and what not.

I used Zone Alarm (Free) for years. Loved it and didn't really think of using anything else. Not even the Nvidia firewall that came with my motherboard (liked it but liked ZA better). When I updated to (I'm guessing) their last version which looked different things went south. It had the new company's logo on it. Whatever they did, though, it messed my computer up good. It basically held it hostage, if you will. When I would start my computer, ZA wouldn't load. Now, to get my display drivers to load ZA had to load. If they didn't the computer would lock up after a few minutes. It took quite a few resets to get ZA to load. Once it did, I took it off and have been using the Nvidia firewall ever since. I don't think I could, or would, risk using ZA ever again.:damn: