zone alarm Pro support Vista or not?

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john said:
It is sais that Zone Alarm Pro doesn't support Vista, is it ture?
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Hi John, I had Zone Alarm Pro on my Vista Premium and it worked fine for
about 2 months, then after a couple of updates it went pear shaped and
stopped me from accessing the internet. I've heard that Zone Alarm, the
free version still works, although I haven't tried it myself. PC Tools
freebie firewall got some good review, so you could try checking it out on
the web. Hope you get sorted.
 
Hi, SUMO,

Did you mean ZA 2009 version?


SUMO said:
Hi John, I had Zone Alarm Pro on my Vista Premium and it worked fine for
about 2 months, then after a couple of updates it went pear shaped and
stopped me from accessing the internet. I've heard that Zone Alarm, the
free version still works, although I haven't tried it myself. PC Tools
freebie firewall got some good review, so you could try checking it out on
the web. Hope you get sorted.
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It is sais that Zone Alarm Pro doesn't support Vista, is it ture?
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You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in
itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.

"Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil.
http://www.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html

PFW Criticism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_firewall#Criticisms

Jesper's Blogs-
At Least This Snake Oil Is Free.
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx
Windows Firewall: the best new security feature in Vista?
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx

Exploring The Windows Firewall.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/default.aspx
"If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already
compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you
ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a
gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without
doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why
outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it
doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall."

Managing the Windows Vista Firewall
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc510323.aspx
*(read twice!)*

Uninstall/Remove ZA from your OS and DON'T re-install!
http://zonealarm.donhoover.net/uninstall.html
--or--
Revo Uninstaller
http://www.revouninstaller.com/

Good luck :)
 
john said:
Hi, SUMO,

Did you mean ZA 2009 version?
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Zone Alarm (according to their website) supports Vista32-bit and 64-bit
- however the Free firewall supports only 32-bit OS's
HTH
 
You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in
itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.

"Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil.
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So is anything Kayman posts.

This is why
outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it
doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall."
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And because MS doesn't want you to stop their applications from
phoning home.
 
'You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista
in
itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.'

As an objective statement it stands, regardless of personal opinions!

Harry.
 
Kayman is more than correct with that statement +Bob+ .And as a matter of fact with
all that he posted.
 
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