ZoneAlarm is an internet security software company that provides consumer antivirus and firewall products.
ZoneAlarm was developed by Zone Labs, which was acquired in March 2004 by Check Point.
ZoneAlarm's firewall security products include an inbound intrusion detection system, as well as the ability to control which programs can create outbound connections.
Changelog:
Enhancements:
Browser Security can now be turned off and on from within ZoneAlarm Improved client analysis of threat events to feed into and improve Program Advisor for faster, more thorough responses to threat outbreaks and increased usability Clicking the "Check for Updates" button now includes a check for Browser Security updates Anti-virus scan speed improved, along with other minor anti-virus improvements Usability improvements to Anti-virus and Browser Security settings Browser Security Advanced Download Detection shows green alert when a download is safe and red when a download is dangerous.
Other improvements:
Improved anti-virus signature update reliability Various stability and performance improvements, including fixed issues shown below
Fixed issues:
Fixed: Contextual (right-click) scan doesn't work for shared network drives on 64-bit platforms Fixed: Service Control doesn't detect kernel4b.exe test from Matousec.com Fixed: Preboot screen still appears after system decryption Fixed: Scanning Status window sometimes freezes after resuming from sleep mode Fixed: Browser security does not detect Winamp Lite as good file Fixed: Heuristic anti-phishing doesn't work with French localization Fixed: Unable to use SnagIt program after disabling anti-keylogger Fixed: Anti-keylogger not working in IE8 when minimizing one window from two on Vista x64 Fixed: Firefox "Add-ons" window always appears after "Clear Virtual Data" in Browser Security settings Fixed: Scanning Status window freezes while scanning network files (right-click scan) Fixed: Dynamic Trial Screen statistics display not working correctly Fixed: Installation on Vista Home Basic is not blocked (should be blocked because not supported) Fixed: IE8 Web-page Save dialog contains no file name in File name field Fixed: Anti-virus scan doesn't start during drive encryption Fixed: Wrong text in Recovery Wizard window when uploading failed Fixed: Blue screen occurred while browsing in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on XP. Bookmarks and history cleared. Fixed: Folder in which viruses quarantined can't be deleted (is used by zlclient) Fixed: Can't install Flash through IE7 under with Virtualization enabled Fixed: Unable to install Adobe Flash Player add-on with Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 in Internet mode Fixed: IE7 and Firefox won't launch after enabling Virtualization and setting Program Control to Max. Fixed: No network available after installing on Win7 x64 build 7600 Fixed: Anti-keylogger blocks all entered data after file download in IE6 Fixed: It is not possible to type something in IE6 with disabled browser security on Win XP SP3 Fixed: Browser security blocks "Snipping Tool" on Win 7 Fixed: Blue screen sometimes happened before or after computer going to sleep mode Fixed: Windows shows alert during ZoneAlarm installation Fixed: Cannot uninstall on two different machines Win 7/Vista 64 Fixed: Rare vsmon crash during ZoneAlarm upgrade Fixed: Slow ZoneAlarm update on Win 7 32bit Fixed: On Win 7, folder created called "ZoneAlarm" containing shortcut to Diagnostics Tool Fixed: Help button in Hard Drive Encryption pre-boot screen brings up blank dialog.