Zone Alarm upgrade

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Roy Colson

Are there any advantages upgrading from 5.1.033.000 to 5.5.062.000.

I am running fine on 5,1. I am a great believer in "if it ain't broke don't
fix it". However if there are worthwhile improvements I will upgrade.

Roy
 
Roy said:
Are there any advantages upgrading from 5.1.033.000 to 5.5.062.000.

I am running fine on 5,1. I am a great believer in "if it ain't broke don't
fix it". However if there are worthwhile improvements I will upgrade.
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Probably fixes some exploit that was found.
 
Roy Colson said:
Are there any advantages upgrading from 5.1.033.000 to 5.5.062.000.

I am running fine on 5,1. I am a great believer in "if it ain't broke don't
fix it".
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Exactly why I'm still happily running ZA Pro 4.5.538.000. The 5x upgrade
was nightmarishly problematic for many users, and it's by no means the
first time a ZA "upgrade" was worse than the version it replaced. If your
version is stable and protecting you properly, you'd probably be best
advised to stick with it.

Regards,
Ian.
 
Roy Colson said:
Are there any advantages upgrading from 5.1.033.000 to 5.5.062.000.

I am running fine on 5,1. I am a great believer in "if it ain't broke
don't fix it". However if there are worthwhile improvements I will
upgrade.
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From ZoneAlarm's website:

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm version 5.5.062.000

Added additional information to the About dialog
Fixed Ghost client cannot connect to Ghostcast server issue
Fixed Microsoft Flight Simulator multiuser issue
Fixed yEnc encoded download issue with newsreaders
Fixed conflict with HP Photosmart printer at startup issue
Fixed MailSafe will rename files download via news readers issue
Fixed MailSafe issues where unsupported extensions where renamed
Fixed Hidden and Dangerous 2 game issues
Fixed Tiger Wood PGA Tour won't be able to connect over LAN issue
Fixed DirectX 9.0 issue
Fixed compatibility issue with PC-cillin 2004
Fixed incorrect Changed Program alert
Fixed issue with ipconfig /renew hanging
Fixed blocked internet access during Configuration Wizard issue
Fixed more system stability issues
Routine maintenance items


HTH
 
Are there any advantages upgrading from 5.1.033.000 to 5.5.062.000.

I am running fine on 5,1. I am a great believer in "if it ain't broke
don't fix it". However if there are worthwhile improvements I will
upgrade.

Roy
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On these WinXP Pro & Home the upgrades were done "over the top" without
any of those mis-adventures when ZA first went to that v5.x in May of
this year. Errghhh. The remembering is still traumatic. Not noticing any
significant differences, either bad or good in it's normal loading or
operations after the upgrade. The plan was do an "over the top" first,
then only if necessary do the uninstall/reinstall/reconfigure dance. But,
this time the easy way worked out just fine here.

Cheerios
 
Ionizer said:
Exactly why I'm still happily running ZA Pro 4.5.538.000. The 5x upgrade
was nightmarishly problematic for many users, and it's by no means the
first time a ZA "upgrade" was worse than the version it replaced. If your
version is stable and protecting you properly, you'd probably be best
advised to stick with it.
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Didn't 4.5 have an exploit that 5 fixed or was it only a particular
version of 4.5?
 
news- said:
Didn't 4.5 have an exploit that 5 fixed or was it only a particular
version of 4.5?
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None that I'm aware of, but I could be wrong. I think even ZoneLabs
admitted that there's no real need to upgrade to 5.0 or beyond..
 
Yeah the biggest bugaboo with 5.0/5.1 was the inability to download from
the binary groups (yenc). This one fixes that, which was huge.
 
Kerodo said:
None that I'm aware of, but I could be wrong. I think even ZoneLabs
admitted that there's no real need to upgrade to 5.0 or beyond..
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Just did a Google and there seems to be quite a few. I look at it a bit
like antivirus software and update it as and when a new version is
available.
 
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